Manchester Burials online

[rosie99]

I've just got in, my problem is I haven't any Manchester rellies!!
 
Rosie 

[uk2003]

Keep up the good work Manchester Council - but the question is how long will it last 
Must get the rest of the families just in case

you have the gift of second sight,  O mighty Ken, 
Shame I've been out all day,looks like I've missed the fun.  Looks the same as yesterday to me "currently unavailable while we make a systems upgrade" 

  Barbara

Barbara

Refresh the page you keep getting

[uk2003]

I've just got in, my problem is I haven't any Manchester rellies!!
 
Rosie 

Hi Rosie

The problem we have is we live in Manchester and Manchester council have lost our rellies "well some of them at least" 

Ken

[Mr. MIGKY]

My access throws a wobbly every now and then but think it is if try to access more than the first page of a group burial Ken?

Barbara, your always last to know   but we will keep you in the loop
Migky

[LizzieW]

I've found loads of relatives on my mum's side of the family, but none on my dad's side.  I think they were all cremated and ashes scattered on the winds.

Lizzie

[Barbara.H]

I'm just about to try again - the council have given me a pop up window to do a survey on what I think of their services! 

Aha! got there!  but only by typing surname only - it didn't work on first name and surname. and like Lizzie found, everyone is age 0 

But - no charge - so that's an improvement!   
Do you think it will stay free once the local elections have finished? 

Barbara

[LizzieW]

Barbara - It did work for me if I put in Christian names as well as surnames.  However, I have had a reply to my e-mail regarding log on difficulties from the Customer Services Manager, Bereavement Services, Blackley Cemetery and Crematorium (my e-mail went to a general office at Manchester Council) saying:

I do apologise for the problems you have encountered whilst trying to access our on-line burial records. We have recently updated the database and are experiencing some technical difficulties.

We are presently working on these issues and hope to have them resolved shortly.

Once again I do apologise for the frustration caused - it really is not my intention.

Thank you for your patience.


I'm not too sure what extra information we would receive if we bought credits - address of deceased perhaps or next of kin?  It would help where I have a few ancestors with the same name and am not sure when they died.  The ones I found yesterday, I generally knew the year of death if not the actual date.

Lizzie

[Barbara.H]

I've tried it again and it worked this time 
I presume that if you bought the credits you would get an online image of the burial register, that's what you used to get for your £3. So then you got age and address, once  I got a vicar's name also. And you also got everyone else's details that were on the same page, so can do swops on rootschat later 

Oh dear, can't you hear the weariness in that poor Blackley person's email - bet they were glad to get home last night!

Barbara

[LizzieW]

Oh dear, can't you hear the weariness in that poor Blackley person's email - bet they were glad to get home last night!

Barbara - He sent the email this morning!  He must have had dozens of complaints when he arrived at work - not a good start to a Friday.

Thanks for the info re the credits.  It might be worth spending a few pounds to check up on some I'm not sure about.

Lizzie