British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

Deceased Online looks forward to an exciting 2018 Happy New Year to all readers of this blog! 2017 was an eventful year for Deceased Online with diverse additions of cremation and burial records to the  Deceased Online database  and this year we are looking forward to  even  more. We are pleased to have ready for release the burial and cremation data of more than 6 million people over the next 12 months, including: several cities the largest cemetery in the UK (covering 460 acres) the 5th of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries on Deceased Online - West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium 1 million records from the North West and Manchester area. Deceased Online has millions of new records from UK burial and cremation authorities and The National Archives in the pipeline for this year. To ensure you don't miss any news,   register on the website (for free) and leave the emails option box  un-ticked  to receive notification automatically w...

2015 should prove an exciting year for family historians and anyone researching burial and cremation records. Edinburgh's Hogmanay Midnight Fireworks (Credit Lloyd Smith) Today, villages, towns and cities across Scotland are gearing up for magnificent Hogmanay celebrations. While the glorious firework displays seen over Edinburgh at New Year are a fairly recent phenomenon, the tradition of welcoming January with bonfires and torchlit processions dates back centuries. Although the word "Hogmanay" only appeared in writing as late as 1604. My Scottish Jolly ancestors lived in the old county of Kincardineshire on the north east coast - just south of the coastal enclave of Stonehaven . From at least 1908 , the people of Stonehaven have celebrated New Year in a 20-30 minute fireball ceremony, intended to ward off evil spirits from the old year in preparation for the next. The ceremony involves a group of local people swinging cages of giant flaming ragballs around thei...