British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

Thanks to all of you who have responded to our regular requests to get in touch. We really value all the comments, Facebook posts, tweets and emails that you send to Deceased Online. In this week's post I look at some of the most recent comments that readers have contributed. The spectacular War Memorial at Greenwich Cemetery dominates the London skyline Four years ago I blogged about Deceased Online 's burial  records of  Greenwich Cemetery in south east London. Jackie Wealthall got in touch to say that she had visited the cemetery, and that although she had her ancestors' grave numbers, "it was impossible to find their actual graves". Thanks to Jackie for letting us know.  I have visited many churchyards and cemeteries over the years and have also been disappointed when my ancestors' graves are either unmarked or covered by brambles. One of my ancestors was remembered with a grand headstone, but unfortunately I discovered on my visit that the stone...

Each week I end my blog post by asking readers to contact the Deceased Online team, saying that we love to hear from you. We really do and we very much appreciate all the emails, Facebook messages, Tweets, and blog comments that you send us. This week, I thought I'd share some of the inspirational messages we have received .  The gateway to Plumstead Cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich A couple of weeks ago on this blog I mentioned a recent message from Brenda Moir Shout , who lives far from the UK in the Namibian desert. Brenda contacted me about the joint headstone of her great grandfather, Henry John Carlisle (1885-1915), and his son, Arthur Dowley Carlisle (died 16 July 1916 at Delville Wood), that she knew stands in Plumstead Cemetery . I recommended Brenda search the records on the Deceased Online database so that she could find the full burial details and grave location map of her family's headstone. A few months later, Brenda wrote again to tell me that...

Recent competition winners and our new project to celebrate sportsmen and women in the database This week we’ve begun work on a project to identify previously celebrated sportsmen and women who are contained in the Deceased Online database . If you have found, or are related to, any successful sportspeople in our records, please let us know. We have already found the following in our collections, but need your help to increase our list. Brompton Cemetery   boxer John Jackson (1769-1845) champion cricketer John Wisden (1826-1884) chess master Johannes Hermann Zukertor (1842-1888) a ll-round sportsman John Graham Chambers (1843-1883)  motor racer Percy Lambert (1881-1913) Cambridge Crematorium Olympic athlete, Arthur ‘Archie’ James Robertson (1879 - 1957)   Warristoun Crematorium Olympic shot-putter, Thomas ‘Ted’ Ranken (1875– 1950)  Hampstead Cemetery   Derby-winning jockey, Fred Archer (1857-1886) Trent Park   ...