British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

William Hartnell (1908-1975) - the first Doctor Who 2013 will see the fiftieth anniversary of the popular television series, Doctor Who . Although the Timelord is believed to be somewhere between 900 and 1,200 years old, he was introduced to the British public fifty years ago, on 23 November 1963. The first Dr Who was William Hartnell, who died in 1978 and is found in the database amongst the records of the Kent and Sussex Crematorium. William Hartnell playing his most famous role of Doctor Who    (c) Wikimedia Commons Deceased Online holds around 95,000 cremation records for the crematorium, most of which are scans of the registers dating from 1958 to 1995. More recent records are available fully computerised. Other Kent records on the database include the burial registers of Tunbridge Wells and Southborough cemeteries.  The gardens at Kent and Sussex Crematorium (c) www2.tunbridgewells.gov.uk William Henry Hartnell was born in the Blooms...

Deceased Online completes digitisation project for Bolton Council Completing the digitisation project of Bolton Council, 136,000 cremation records of Overdale Crematorium have been added to the database . From today all the records from 1954-1993 will be available to search. The plot of what would become Overdale Crematorium (1950) Overdale Crematorium at Heaton was opened in September 1954 by Lord Horder of the Cremation Society. Its foundation stone was laid by George Sykes, who had served as a Conservative Mayor of Bolton from 1931 to 1932. Sykes was born in Hull in 1874 and began work in a drapery business. He eventually became a director of Hampsons confectioners. A great champion of parks and open spaces, Sykes also took an interest in cremation, and was a keen advocate for the new crematorium. The idea for a crematorium in Bolton emerged as far back as 1938, but was delayed by the Second World War. After he died on 5 March 1958, George Sykes was cremated at...

Deceased Online looks forward to an exciting 2013 Happy New Year to all readers of this blog! 2012 saw a huge increase in burial records on the Deceased Online database and this year we are looking forward to even more.    London is very well-represented on the site. Last year we added data from the boroughs of Newham , Harrow , and Greenwich to join the collections of cemetery and crematoria records of Brent , Merton , Havering , Islington and Camden . Famous names from among these collections include Horatia Nelson in Harrow , Bertie Mee in Islington , and Richmal Crompton in Greenwich . Scottish records now include full burial records and headstone collections from Angus , Aberdeenshire , Edinburgh , the Highlands , Inverness , Banffshire , Dundee City , Ayshire , Stirling , Morayshire , Borders , Argyll , Clackmannanshire , Fife , Perthshire , Lothian , Lanarkshire , and the Isle of Islay . By the end of 2013, we hope to have up to 2 mil...