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[lisat]

Thanks for that, I'll give it a try.

[mother25]

 If I wrote to the Cemeteries dept. of the local borough, do you think they would tell me if she is buried there?
Thanks once again to all of you who have answered.

I contacted Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, and was able to get full details of where my grandpa and little sister are buried. They kindly wrote to me and sent a photo of the cemetery and a diagram of the section they are in, together with the reference number. All that made it fairly easy to find the plot when I visited, but sadly there is no headstone or even a marker stone, just a plot of grass   
Good luck 

[lisat]

Thanks Mother 25, its good to know they can be so helpful. Ive tried contacting the nearest cemetary but havent heard back yet, and I suppose there is no guarantee that its the right one, there are many in London! Sounds a sad story, as is mine, but its good you at least know where they were laid to rest. Thanks for the reply.

[mother25]

If you don't get anywhere with the local cemetary, try the Local Council of the area she lived, you never know what records they may have, but they might be able to point you in the right direction at least 
I was very sad when I discovered there was no headstone but when I thought it through I realised there was probably no money for it. Grandpa died in 1942 and my sister in 1946, therefore during and just after WWII, so headstones were probably not at the top of any wish list.
I placed some flowers on the grass, said a little prayer and had a chat to them both, which sounds mad, I know, but it helped me to know I had found them and they are not forgotten by the remaining family.
I do hope you find what you need, and maybe visit the grave at some point.

[lisat]

Thanks Mother 25 for your kind wishes. The person I am researching is my husbands blood mother ( he was adopted) and I have just discovered that she died a few years after his birth. He was preparing himself to try to find her - through proper official channels - before she became too old, but now, we are looking for her grave. To think she may have committed suicide at 26 years old seems very sad, but at least we know now. 
Anyway, thanks for your help.

[mother25]

That's a really sad story lisat   
I wonder if she was so upset about having to give her baby up for adoption, she just couldn't deal with it any more?  She was certainly very young, and that type of trauma would have caused terrible distress.
I do hope you have some success with your search, and wish you both all the best.

[celia]

Do you think there might be a newspaper report,
Lisat

In regard to the above over the years I have done many lookups for death notices/obituaries in our local paper plus burial lookups on film. Back news papers weekly ones, are normally on film in the main library's reference room.In the locality the person.So I suggest seeing that you know where and when this person died.That you contact the reference room in that area,and ask them if they hold newspapers for the year you want.You can find vital information in newspapers like where/when the funeral will take place.
On the other hand you could search forever for a burial and never find one reason being that they were cremated a newspaper will say this.

Celia

[lisat]

Thanks Celia, I have managed to find where the local paper archives are, so will have to take a trip from Dorset to London some time to check it out. Im finding it very difficult to search for burials, although Camden council checked out their cemeteries fr me with no luck and advised me of another borough to check.But I think it may be impossible.

[celia]

Lisat
I don't know how helpful the archivist are in London,but before you make the journey will they do a look up for you to save one,the journey i mean It is known that some, if an entry is found.Will print it out and email to you.

Celia