Which graveyard?

Question

Could anyone please tell me how I find where abouts my ancestors are buried? - thanks

message to krytrons1 - +because I'm interested in geneaology you dimwit

Thanks everyone xx!!xx

Answer 1

You could try www.findagrave.com or the UK National Burial Index,

The in index is available on Cd's you may just find it on line.

Hope this helps

Good luck and good hunting

Answer 2

Try the USGENWEB sites, and internment.net. Many people are transcribing old cemeteries.
The problem is that old cemeteries are deteriorating and no one is taking care of them.
Many people were buried out on the prarie with no markers or with just a stone or footstone marking the grave.
Some cemeteries if you can find the care taker or local funeral home will have plot cards of everyone buried there.
Death Certificates can help. If they died in MO from 1910-1956 the MO State Archives is putting death certificates online.

Answer 3

If you know the likely date and place of death you can search the archives of the local newspaper for an entry. I understand that you can request a search at the local crematorium to see if they were cremated. Most large local authority graveyards have an office with a register and plan for all the graves where you could enquire. Church burials records would be a good place to begin, especially if the death was less recent.

Answer 4

There isn't a world-wide data base. The answer depends on what country.

If they died recently enough to have had a death certificate or an obituary, those will tell. (Death certificates almost always; obits usually.) (In the USA, at least; I suspect "Disposition of remains" is standard in most countries.)

If they died in the USA
AND you know what county they were buried in
AND someone has transcribed their cemetery
AND someone has given the transcription to US Gen Web
- - -it will be on the US Gen Web county site.

This is a general hint: Even though you go in through YA Canada, YA Australia, YA UK or YA USA, all of the questions go into one big "pot" and get read by everyone in the world who speaks English. Most of the people here are in the UK and USA, but you sometimes get questions and answers from people who worry about kangaroos eating their roses. So, if you are asking about a specific individual, put a nation and a state / province. It will help people help you.

Answer 5

Sorry, I don't know, but I am almost certain that those records are kept by counties in America. If you know or can find the county in which the person was buried, I believe you can contact the county authorities there and find the exact location of the grave...

Answer 6

There are some good suggestions above. Another one would be going to your library if your ancestor's lived in the town you currently reside in. (I did that this afternoon because I discovered someone had spent two years compiling and mapping out all the burials in our local cemeteries)

Answer 7

well start with finding out where they died from the death certificate. Secondly knowing their religion will help you to figure it out. Often local councils will have a service which allows you to request burial details. (I can give you Glasgow City Councils). If your ancestor was a casualty in ww1 or ww2 you can look up their details on this site http://www.cwgc.org

Answer 8

What country did your ancestors die in, if its the USA you could have a look at this site
http://www.findagrave.com/
if its the UK if you could edit your question to include city or town and possible date of death I will post the relevant information for you.

Answer 9

do you know theri address when they died? do you have a copy of theri death certificate? Try the nearest graveyard to where they lived and work outwards to others.

Answer 10

findagrave.com here is where you go it can use city or grave yard and it can help its neat website