British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

This week's blog marks the International Day of Peace 2018 by remembering  WWI conscientious objector, Alfred Myers (1883-1948) The United Nations International Day of Peace takes place each year on 21 September to celebrate a  peaceful society is one where there is justice and equality for everyone. The theme for  2018 is: “The Right to Peace - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70”,  celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This  was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations. Deceased Online is marking the day by honouring one peacemaker that we have discovered in the database  - Alfred Myers (1883-1948) , a miner and conscientious objector. Alfred is buried in Brotton Cemetery, North Yorkshire , not far to where he was born and raised. He risked his life for peace and has been remembered in...

We're really excited about this week's addition of cemetery records from North Yorkshire This week over half of the burial records for Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council will be added to the Deceased Online database . This is the first area for us from North Yorkshire, and the second Yorkshire council (after Wakefield , West Yorkshire) on the website. Redcar and Cleveland is located on the beautiful north east coastline. Although largely rural, the area has a strong mining history. Other historical highlights of the area are the ruined Augustinian Gisborough Priory , Kirkleatham Museum , Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum , Winkies Castle , the bronze age Eston Nab hill fort, and the Georgian mansion and home to the Pennyman family, Ormesby Hall . Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council manages eight cemeteries completely. We uploaded four of these this week:   Boosbeck                ...