Tracing a grave

Techno

Have you tried ringing the local council where his family come from? Probably the Cemetries and Crematorium Section (usually come under Environmental type services) If you know name, DOB and date of death they should be able to find that information for you fairly easily

peachespeaches

I recently contacted our local council (the department that deals with the crematorium I think) to find out the location of some of my grandparents graves. I knew the cemetary but didnt know the whereabouts. They looked it up for me and told me the plot number. Its possible that your council will help you.

If not, have a look in your local library. There are some records of burials in ours in the local history / reference section.

greenspark

If you do go down the route of contacting churches I would say the verger of each would be the best person to start with. They tend to be involved with funerals and graves and have access to various records etc

flower24

how awful that they are taking out their grievances with the mum on the little boy I hope your friend manages to find the grave xx

Savvy_Sue

sh1305 wrote: »

Can she get hold of the death certificate? Not sure if that will help though.

Not a jot, apart from confirming date of death ...

Bear in mind that a death certificate HAS to be issued BEFORE anyone can be buried / cremated ...

Possibly more useful would be a copy of the chap's will, if he had one. Funeral instructions are sometimes included there.

Gopppers

I recently tried to find my borthers grave as my mum hadn't been for years and couldn't remember where it was. I just went to the offices on site in the cemetery with my brothers name date of death/date of birth and they found the location in five minutes. Although it took a little longer finding it once out in the cemetery - it was a very big place!

HTH Gops x

xmaslolly76

OK this is what i have now found out apparently the family live in stoke not scotland he was burried in scotland as he was in the royal navy there. I'm not sure how data protection would work so i have suggested that she contacts the navy and see if they can tell her where he was burried i am presuming as he was burried up there he had a proper navy send off. she is also going to try all the other suggetions you have come up with.

Thank you all for your input :-)

se999

With the Royal Navy connection have you thought of contacting one of the forces family charities like SSAFA, they might be able to help.

Mupette

That website could not find anything on my grand dad (20 years plus gone) but i found from 2006 my nan,

The funeral directors usually say where and when the funeral is to be.