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Dargavel66
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Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Tuesday 26 November 24 14:47 GMT (UK) »
I would like to know how I can trace a relative who died while on a cruise possibly in the Caribbean and was buried at sea.
Forfarian
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Re: Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Saturday 30 November 24 11:19 GMT (UK) »
I'm assuming the person concerned was domiciled in Scotland? And that you have a name, but no exact date of death and you don't know the name of the cruise ship?
I'd expect the death to be recorded in the Minor Records and indexed on Scotland's People
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
If it's not there, I'd try two approaches.
First, I would try to find a testament. Depending on how recent the death was, this could be quite a challenge. See
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/wills-and-testaments
Second, I would look for a newspaper announcement of the death on one of the web sites with access to digital versions of newspapers.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.
CaroleW
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Re: Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Saturday 30 November 24 13:44 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat
You haven't given any info as to approximately when this death occurred. It seems strange they would be buried at sea nowadays - the body is usually flown home unless there are financial or health reasons. Also - in some countries - permission/permit has to be obtained from the authorities for a burial at sea.
Was the person alone on the cruise or were they married with a surviving wife/children?
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KGarrad
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Re: Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Saturday 30 November 24 13:49 GMT (UK) »
I may be wrong here, but I thought a death at sea had to be reported at the next port of call?
As well as the captain's log.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)
antiquesam
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Re: Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Saturday 30 November 24 14:28 GMT (UK) »
My uncle was a third engineer on a merchant ship. He died of a heart problem at sea in 1940. The death is recorded in series BT334- Registers and indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at sea in the National Archives.
Coomber, Scrimgeour, Shiel, Thiel,
ShaunJ
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Re: Death and burial at sea while on a cruise
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Saturday 30 November 24 14:36 GMT (UK) »
It might be easier if you tell us the who/what/when of what it is that you want to trace.
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