Genealogy Chat

No it could be a public grave
I was looking for the burial in 1907 for a great gran

I was given the burial details for the local cemetery and we went to pay our respects

The cemetery supervisor looked up the details we had and said there are 11 others in the same grave ,do you want their details . I declined because it was an unmarked public grave and there was no connection to the others with her

Although the Record Office/Archive might want you to purchase a CARN ( ID) before they allow you in, everything they hold is free to use. A CARN is valid for several years & can be shown at most other Archives.

A Registery Office is a different kettle of fish. They are responsible for recording BM&D under UK law. You won’t be allowed access to anything but will need to purchase certificates, the same as you would via GRO.

https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/heritage/archives/visiting-archives/

I thought I had got the knack for it and was well on the way to building my tree, now I am going back over it to focus more on individuals I am finding that isn't necessarily the case.

In this latest one with Fanny Potter I have found after my last post that I think that I had the wrong information entirely on who I thought was her family. I know that she definitely married Henry, as I have a certificate listing their names, and also a photo of them. I think I have the wrong William as her father and I am going to go back over it and start again with her ancestors.

There are similar things in our family, we have a grave at Beeston that is puzzling with the names in it, but it's definitely all our family.

you certainly open up a can of worms the further back you go :-)

if you go to the RO etc, do you have to pay further for information? :-) :-)

No, not always family. Could be any combination. Often with multiple burials, you might be looking at a communal/paupers grave, but could be a family grave.

However, it's worth looking at the other names and dates, which can lead to finding family members you didn't know about.

A grave might be "filled" quite quickly or you might find it's been re-opened years later to accommodate further burials.

You can see with some that they are family plots with notes that they can take x number of burials or even notes saying 'room for 1 more burial'

I find the saddest is a grave that is full of the very, very young which in many cases holds one or two adults. I like to think they are there as guardians.

I might be being a little dim, but I have just been using this site, I just wanted to make sure that when it gives you the name you want - and then say, 7 other burials, are they always family and in the same plot? Sorry if this is a dumb question.