St Mary's hospital TB burials - 1940s?

[Sc00p]

Bedford Archives hold no records, or are closed  under the 100 year rule.

Strange. According to their catalogue the burial registers for the Luton Council Cemeteries are available on microfilm for that period.https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/Using_Our_Collections/Collection-Guides/Birth_Death_and_Burial/CemeteryRecords.aspx.  Did they perhaps think you were specifically asking about Hospital records?

[BobB1]

Bedford Archives hold no records, or are closed  under the 100 year rule.

Strange. According to their catalogue the burial registers for the Luton Council Cemeteries are available on microfilm for that period.https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/Using_Our_Collections/Collection-Guides/Birth_Death_and_Burial/CemeteryRecords.aspx.  Did they perhaps think you were specifically asking about Hospital records?

They may have done. I've found their communications to my questions usually ends up as 'we have nothing'. I even paid for a search that they then subsequently told me were closed files - they should have known that at the time.

[MollyC]

Go back to them and ask about burials, giving the references Sc00p has found.  Specifically the microfilms for the General Cemetery and the Church Cemetery which cover 1943.

[Sc00p]

The two Luton Cemetery registers appear to be viewable in Luton Library.  I moved away from the area a while ago otherwise I'd have looked for you.  The Bedfordshire Family History Society have transcribed and published the General Cemetery register on CD for £8.  You could ask them to do a free lookup for you....  https://www.bfhs.org.uk/publications.pdf See page 8

[BobB1]

The two Luton Cemetery registers appear to be viewable in Luton Library.  I moved away from the area a while ago otherwise I'd have looked for you.  The Bedfordshire Family History Society have transcribed and published the General Cemetery register on CD for £8.  You could ask them to do a free lookup for you....  https://www.bfhs.org.uk/publications.pdf See page 8

Thanks, Sc00p. I wrote to them last week. Still awaiting a reply.