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Sandwell Collection: Wood Green and Uplands Cemeteries added to the database

We are very excited to add two more cemeteries to our Sandwell Collection from the West Midlands Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery (Image by Brianboru100 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25968898)  In 2015, we launched our   Sandwell Collection , representing cemeteries in the Black Country. The collection initially consisted of t hree of the West Midland's largest cemeteries: Heath Lane Cemetery,  West Bromwich , B71 3HR (records from 1858) Oldbury Cemetery,  Smethwick , B66 1QT (records from 1858) Tipton  Cemetery, Alexandra Road, Tipton , DY4 7NP (records from 1873: some records were lost during the war. If your relations were buried between April 18th 1899 and July 18th 1908 or August 24th 1911 and August 20th 1915 there is an index record that they were buried in Tipton Cemetery but it is not possible to establish their address, date of death, age or the grave where they were actually buried, or with whom ...

Sandwell Collection and WDYTYA? LIVE 2015

This week sees the official launch of Deceased Online's Sandwell Collection. Three of the West Midland's largest cemeteries are available to search online now. I also look back on a wonderful three days at WDYTYA? Live in its new venue. Richard, Jamie and the team guiding visitors through the database at the Birmingham NEC Thank you very much to everyone who visited the Deceased Online stand at Who Do You Think You Are? Live at Birmingham's NEC last week. The new venue was far bigger than Olympia in London, and we all enjoyed the more spacious layout of this year's event. Richard, Jamie and the team were kept busy throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday demonstrating the latest collections and catching up with genealogy friends. As usual, there was a great turnout from the nation's family history societies, as well as expert and celebrity speakers. Me with Rose at the Black Country Living Museum stand at WDYTYA? Live 2015 My personal highlight was meet...