British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

Deceased Online is excited to announce  the beginning of a large project with  the release of memorial photographs from 90 Norfolk cemeteries on the database  Above: headstones around the ruins of a church at Tunstall Deceased Online  has this week begun uploading images to its website from a  vast photography collection of  Norfolk cemeteries   taken by Norfolk resident, Louise Cocker .  The first set of images includes images from 90 cemeteries and churchyards. This is a total of over 10,000 photographs. The photographs exist as a valuable record of headstones and memorials that are constantly being eroded by weather and time. Louise has been photographing the headstones and memorials of Norfolk with her mother, Angela, since 2009. She told us, "It's something I am very passionate about as I think it is important for future generations to be able to see where their ancestors are buried."  Above: many Vict...

Today Wednesday 21st March 2018, we celebrate the UN's World Poetry Day by looking at the famous and lesser-known poets that we've come across in the Deceased Online database The United Nations designated   21 March World Poetry Day   in 1999. Observing the day,   according to UNESCO , encourages all of us to, "return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to support small publishers . . . " In doing so, UNESCO recognises, "the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind." Like family history, poetry can reaffirm our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, across the world and across time, share the same questions and feelings. Among the very famous poets in the   database   are the revolutionary   William Blake   and feminist pioneer and chronicler of the mid-Victorian per...

In honour of International Women's Day 2018, this week's blog pays tribute to some of the inspirational women whose burial records are held in the Deceased Online database. 8 March each year marks   International Women's Day . The event commemorates the movement for women's rights, and dates from 1909 when a day of observance was held in New York. That day was organised by the Socialist Party of America, but today events take place all over the world. They include talks, marches, conferences, fun runs, concerts, festivals and online digital gatherings. Throughout the day, actions and thoughts are focused on women living now and those who inspire us from the past. Among the billions of inspirational women who are no longer with us are remarkable women whose lives continue to be remembered by historical researchers and family historians.  This year's theme is #PressforProgress . Below I explore a few of the amazing women in the Deceased Online database who...