Scottish Monumental Inscriptions records removed from DeceasedOnline

I have been advised by Helen Grant, owner of Scottish Monumental Inscriptions (https://www.scottish-monumental-inscriptions.com), that some 436177 of her inscription records have been removed from the DeceasedOnline platform (https://www.deceasedonline.com) as of this morning.

The records, created by Helen and her team over many years, can still be accessed via the Scottish Monumental Inscriptions platform itself, as well as through the following platforms:

Ancestry - Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62497/

MyHeritage - Scotland Gravestones and Memorials
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20200/scotland-gravestones-memorials

FindmyPast - Scotland Monumental Inscriptions
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/scotland-monumental-inscriptions

Other Scottish records remain on DeceasedOnline, including records from Aberdeen and Moray.

(With thanks to Helen Grant)

Chris  

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Chris

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Deceased Online adds Norwich cemeteries records

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com), another potentially useful resource if your ancestors moved down south!

Records from Norwich City now available on Deceased Online

Burial records for Rosary and Earlham Cemeteries, both owned and run by Norwich City Council, have just been published on www.deceasedonline.com.

Rosary Cemetery was established by non-conformist minister Thomas Drummond in 1819, and was the UK's first non-denominational burial ground. In 2010, this beautiful, historic cemetery was granted Grade II* listed status.

Train driver John Prior and fireman James Light are both buried in Rosary Cemetery after being killed in the 1874 Thorpe rail accident at Thorpe St Andrew in Norfolk, in which the 20:40 mail train from Yarmouth and the 17:00 express from London collided head-on whilst travelling on a single track line between Norwich and Brundall. In total the driver and firemen of both trains and 21 passengers were killed, and many more seriously injured. After the horrific accident, as a preventative measure, engineer Edward Tyler developed the tablet system, whereby a token is given to a train driver to be inserted into an electric interlocking device after travelling down a single track, in order to let a waiting oncoming train driver know that the track was now clear.

Earlham Cemetery opened in 1856 once officials began to realise the link between overflowing churchyards and disease outbreaks. In 1855, after a cholera outbreak a few years previously, the Mayor of Norwich received an order from the Home Secretary demanding that all burials in the city's churchyards ceased. Once a site for the new municipal cemetery was chosen and purchased for £5000, Earlham Cemetery was designed by city surveyor Edward Everett Benest in an informal garden style with winding paths, and catering for all faiths. Much of this original cemetery is now a County Wildlife Site and is home to a wide selection of flora and fauna. By the late 1920s the cemetery had been extended across Farrow Road to its present size of 85 acres.

Earlham Cemetery is the final resting place of the eminent Victorian and Edwardian architect, George Skipper. Among many other works, he designed the Royal Arcade in Norwich, the Cliftonville and Sandcliff Hotels in Cromer, and Sexey's School in Somerset. Also buried in Earlham is Erminio William Louis Marchesi, who founded the Round Table, the well known international fellowship and charitable organisation for young men, in 1927. Marchesi also served in the armed forces during both World Wars and died at his home in Norwich in 1968. In 1976, in the Tombland area of Norwich, The Waggon and Horses pub was renamed The Louis Marchesi.

The records available comprise digital scans of a mix of burial, grave, and index registers, section maps showing the area in which the grave is located, and details of other occupants in the grave.

Chris

My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts June 8th - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is out shortly, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

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Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com) has written a short guide entitled How Do We Do It?, describing its background and how it prepares records for digitisation and online presentation.
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(With thanks to Deceased Online)

Chris

My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts June 8th - see www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is out shortly, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Salford's Weaste Cemetery records now on Deceased Online

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Weaste Cemetery in Salford, Greater Manchester now available on Deceased Online

The magnificent and historic Weaste Cemetery in Salford, Greater Manchester, is now available to view on www.deceasedonline.com.

Weaste Cemetery is one of the very first municipal Victorian cemeteries. Salford Corporation opened the cemetery in 1857 as it became clear that the parish churchyards were struggling for space to bury people. Like most Victorian municipal cemeteries, Weaste Cemetery was designed as an area of leisure and recreation for Victorian city folk to escape their urban surroundings and originally boasted landscaped gardens, four chapels, and a glazed summer house. Salford City Council have designed a heritage trail around this incredible cemetery and placed information panels near to noteworthy graves.

Sir Charles Hallé is among the notable Victorians buried in Weaste Cemetery. A musical prodigy from an early age, Hallé went on to found Manchester's Hallé Orchestra in 1858, an organisation which is still playing today. In 1891, he helped to found the Royal Manchester College of Music. Hallé also invented a mechanical page turner for pianists, which allowed manuscript pages to be turned by means of a foot mechanism; a spectacle of wonder for Victorian people.

Weaste provides the last resting place of Mark Addy, a champion oarsman and landlord of the Old Boathouse Inn. Over the course of his life he rescued over fifty people who had either fallen or thrown themselves into the highly polluted river Irwell. He was awarded the Albert Medal for his gallantry, along with the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal, Hundred of Salford Humane Society Silver Medal engraved "for saving the life of Mary Barrett, 24th June 1872", Hundred of Salford Humane Society Gold Medal, and Manchester and Salford Swimmers Silver Medal and Clasp. These can be viewed in the Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Addy died of tuberculosis in 1890. The inscription on his memorial reads: "Sacred to the memory of Mark Addy, the Salford hero who died 9 June 1890 in the 52nd year of his age. He saved more than 50 persons from drowning in the River Irwell, for which he received amongst other rewards, the Albert Medal (1st class) from H.M. the Queen. Life's work well done, life's races well won. He rests in peace. Erected by public subscription."

The records comprise digital scans of all burial registers, cemetery maps showing the section in which known graves are located, and grave details for each of the known graves and their occupants. Unfortunately, we are unable to display a location or list other grave occupants for approximately half of the Weaste records. Grave locations were not often recorded in the historic registers from Weaste Cemetery and, coupled with a hit from a German bomb in 1940, the locations of a great many graves remain a mystery.

Other Salford cemeteries and crematoria live on Deceased Online:

Agecroft Cemetery - 51,282 records from 1903 to 2003
(Originally known as Salford Northern Cemetery)
Peel Green Cemetery - 44,276 records from 1879 to 2010
(Originally known as Eccles Cemetery)
Swinton Cemetery - 16,940 records from 1886 to 2012
Agecroft Crematorium - 48,205 records from 1957 to 1999
Peel Green Crematorium - 44,499 records from 1955 to 2001

(With thanks to Deceased Online by email)

Chris

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DeceasedOnline adds further Cheshire burials

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com), some useful news if your ancestors ended up down south in Cheshire, England:

Alderly Edge, Knutsford, and Wilmslow Cemeteries now available on Deceased Online

Deceased Online completes the Cheshire East Orbitas collection with the addition of Alderly Edge, Knutsford, and Wilmslow Cemeteries. All three areas feature a rich and diverse history with many local legends, listed buildings, and traditions.

Alderly Edge has been occupied since the Mesolithic period. Flint implements have been found in the area, and nearby there is evidence of Bronze Age copper mining. In 1995 the Derbyshire Caving Club found a collection of Roman coins dating from AD 317 to AD 336. The name Alderly appeared in 1086 as 'Aldredelie'. "The Edge" is a wide red sandstone escarpment situated above the village and is owned and maintained by the National Trust.

Knutsford is well known for its Royal May Day festival, an event in which hundreds of people parade through the streets and the May Queen is crowned. In another Mayday custom, residents decorate the streets of the town with coloured sand. In 1832 Queen Victoria noted this tradition in her diary, saying: "we arrived at Knutsford, where we were most civilly received, the streets being sanded in shapes which is peculiar to this town."

Wilmslow is the home of the Lindow Man, an iron age man preserved in the peat bogs of Lindow Moss for 2,000 years. The Lindow Man represents one of the most important Iron Age finds in the country. He was transferred to the British Museum, despite a campaign to keep him locally, and takes centre stage in the Iron Age exhibition. Lindow Common, a rare lowland heathland and one of the world's most threatened habitats, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is designated a local nature reserve. In addition, the area features many beautiful parks, most notably The Carrs Park.

The records for these three cemeteries comprise scans of the original burial registers and details of those buried in the same grave. The complete collection of Cheshire East cemeteries and crematoria available to view on Deceased Online are:

Congleton Cemetery
Coppenhall Cemetery
Crewe Cemetery
Nantwich Cemetery
Sandbach Cemetery
Weston Cemetery
Macclesfield Cemetery
Alderley Edge Cemetery
Knutsford Cemetery
Wilmslow Cemetery
Crewe Crematorium
Macclesfield Crematorium

(With thanks to Deceased Online via email)

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Deceased Online releases Macclesfield records

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium now available on Deceased Online

Records from the historic Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium are now available to view on www.deceasedonline.com. Situated in Cheshire East and run by Orbitas, a company owned by Cheshire East Council, Macclesfield Cemetery is a beautiful Victorian cemetery first opened in 1866. The site includes a Grade II listed Neo-Gothic chapel, which is now used as office space. Macclesfield Crematorium was opened in 1960 in the building that was formerly the Non-Conformist Chapel.

Macclesfield Cemetery is arguably most famous for providing the final resting place of Ian Curtis, the lead singer and lyricist of the band Joy Division, after his tragic suicide in 1980. Curtis was born in Stretford, Lancashire, but grew up in Macclesfield. He did well at school, developed a keen interest in music, philosophy, and poetry, and received several scholastic awards. Ian Curtis, along with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Terry Mason formed a band named Warsaw, after a song by David Bowie. Warsaw was subsequently renamed to Joy Division in 1978, a name derived from the 1955 novel House of Dolls. Joy Division released two albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, before the death of Curtis.

George Harold Eardley, a recipient of the prestigious Victoria Cross and the Military Medal, also rests in Macclesfield Cemetery. Acting Sergeant Eardley of the 4th battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy in the Netherlands in October 1944. His platoon was ordered to clear enemy opposition from some orchards but, 80 yards from their objective, automatic machine gun fire swiftly halted their advance. Eardley dodged heavy fire to get close enough to one machine gun post to kill the enemy officer with a grenade, and then went on to destroy two more posts single-handed. His actions enabled his platoon to complete their objective and ensured the success of their whole attack. In 2004 a statue was erected in his honour in his home town of Congleton.

First World War hero Private Harold Whalley of 21st Manchester Regiment, given the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery carrying messages under heavy shell fire, also rests in Macclesfield Cemetery. Private Whalley died in London aged 23, the result of injuries received in France in 1918.
Macclesfield Cemetery

Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium records comprise scans of the original burial and cremation registers, and details of those buried in the same grave in the cemetery. Other Cheshire East cemeteries and crematoria available to view on Deceased Online include:

Congleton Cemetery
Coppenhall Cemetery
Crewe Cemetery
Nantwich Cemetery
Sandbach Cemetery
Weston Cemetery
Crewe Crematorium

Cheshire East records coming soon to Deceased Online:

Alderley Edge Cemetery
Knutsford Cemetery
Wilmslow Cemetery

(With thanks to Deceased Online via email)

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.