Is there a way can find where people buried in Durham, if dont know churches

[Andi R]

Thank you, I'll try that

No single complete dataset.
Use Ancestry/FindMyPast/ archived  newspaper announcements  at your local library or visit Durham archives .

Still not guaranteed to locate it.
Pauline

[Andi R]

Im sorry if Ive missed someone and not said thank you, to everyone who replied

But in the past 2 weeks, I have been in a local graveyard, accompanying a family member,  standing at the side of her 5 year olds freshly dug grave, who died recently of SUDEP,.  They put her to bed as normal a happy, fit child and she died without warning

So with respect, my priorities are with my sister the childs mother

And I thought I had answered you, i really did, again I appologise

Take care

Andi-elizabeth

[Andi R]

I am really really sorry, if I have missed saying thank you to all who replied to my request to be pointed in the direction of some information

There has been a childs death in my family and I may have moved my priorities somewhat

I thought i had sent replies, I really did

Take care

Andi

[nanny jan]

Condolences; deaths are never easy to handle especially when it is a child.

[River Tyne Lass]

I am sorry to read about this bereavement.  Condolences on this.  I appreciate hearing from you again.
I accept that under the circumstances this bereavement has been on your mind since your post for help yesterday morning.
Thank you for responding.

Take care too.

 

[Andi R]

Thank you

[Andi R]

Thanks, I have to give it a go once covid  in that area is lower

Regards and thanks

If all else fails you can go direct to the Council but a £25 fee applies for them to search the records.

https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2239/Search-burial-records

[Andi R]

deceased on line is a new one

Thanks

You could try a free search on  https://www.deceasedonline.com/

New areas are added on a regular basis.


Another one to try :  https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/

[guest189040]

Whilst the fees can be seen as a little high total cost can soon mount up.

If I relay on some of my own findings that may help.

I made a list of all my relatives whose graves I wanted to record then we took a trip to Bradford Archives which is only about an hour from home.

There I spent an hour or so on the microfische looking through the records and making a note of the cemeteries, section and plot number for each person.

Before we went off to Scholemore Cemetery we visited the Cathedral to see where many of not only my own ancestors had their baptisms, and marriages but also those of my Wife’s ancestors.  This turned out to be very useful as whilst talking to someone in the office I noticed a CD that had been produced by the local Family History Society, it lists all the burial records 1681-1837. 

At the cemetery it is well huge and there was no plan, no sections identified just numbers on certain graves.  We never did find the one grave we were looking for.

Since then we have obtained a plan of the cemetery and we now know where we went wrong.  The section numbering and plot numbering are not logical in our time but probably made sense when the graveyard was first laid out.

If you can a visit in person to the Archives can help or even hire a researcher for a couple of hours if you have enough records to find.

Local Family History Societies can also help.  Manchester FHS were very helpful to us, especially when we visited the Archives there.

If you are going to visit a cemetery do go armed with a plan.

In the window of the office of the Cemetery in Bradford there is a big printed sign:-

We Do Not provide any assistance to Family History researchers.