This week we had a
great time at Who Do You Think You Are? Live and uploaded all cremation records
from Manor Park Crematorium to the Deceased Online database.
Big thanks to everyone who came to see us and tried out the
Deceased Online database at this year’s Who Do You Think You Are? Live. The
show is the biggest family history event in the world and this year did not
disappoint.
I was busy from Friday to Sunday meeting people on the
Deceased Online stand, signing books and giving expert answers with the Society
of Genealogists. I also met up with some lovely friends and colleagues, and
generally didn’t stop talking for three days! As usual I sadly missed most of
the many excellent talks on offer, but did catch a few minutes of William
Roache speaking about his fascinating grandparents. His acting skills were much
in evidence as he held the audience spellbound while recounting the tragic
death of his grandfather.
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| Jamie, John and the team on the Deceased Online stand at WDYTYA? Live 2013 |
Shirley Mayes got in touch to say, “Hello, yesterday
while at the WDYTYA show Olympia I was talking to your colleagues and thanking
them for the work that has been done to have all this information put onto the
website. I recently had several brick walls knocked down because I was able to
find burial details including maps and even a picture of a gravestone which
included several members of our family (in Tonge Cemetery). Thank you all for
this work you have done. It is really appreciated.”
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| The team showing visitors how to use the database. |
And thanks also to Janet Coleman, who wrote on our Facebook wall: "I've been using the Manor Park Records to help me
fill in some gaps in my research and would like to say thank you to everyone
who played a part in getting the records online, it's a wonderful achievement.
thank you, thank you!!"
Janet, and others who have an interest in East London, will
be pleased to know that while we were at the show, all 42,000 records for Manor
Park Crematorium were uploaded to the database. They comprise digital scans of
registers for the period 1955 to 1991 and thereafter, computerised entries. The
Crematorium is part of Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium in Forest Gate. It
is located in the centre of the cemetery grounds and is attached to the chapel,
which was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed by enemy bombing in the Second
World War. Complete with a columbarian and pavilion for lasting memorials, the
crematorium has a beautiful woodland glade and remembrance garden.
Greater London Competition
Greater London Competition
Thank you again to everyone who entered the competition to
win a copy of Nick Barratt’s latest book. We have now announced the winners, who
are:
- Louise Woodley of Spain, who says, "I'm thrilled to bits! This is the first thing I have ever won and I'm in my 40s!!!!!"
- Barry Rees of Pembrokeshire, who found his great-grandfather's records in Plumstead Cemetery on Deceased Online and recalls, "I still have his ship's tool chest and tools".
- Helen McKee of Surrey, whose tiebreak stated that St Pancras Cemetery is her favourite, "because there lies my great-grandfather, XXXXXXXX, forgotten for decades but discovered on www.deceasedonline.com 90 years after his death."
Well done to all of you! Don’t worry if you didn’t win this
time as we have more competitions coming up over the next few months.
We love hearing of family history discoveries in the
database. Do let us know who you’ve found!
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