Tracing where someone is buried

[B&JC]

Hi I am trying to trace where a relative is buried. They were a stillbirth and I have been told they were buried in our home town but I have no idea where. Would anybody know how I find out?

[cazzz1975]

could you not find the death certificate?

[B&JC]

Sorry, should have made clearer. My Mother had a stillbirth before I was born - my Father would not tell her where baby was buried or any details (she was in hospital for a number of weeks). He has now passed away and my mother wants to find out where her baby is buried. I wondered if there was a way to find out via the internet.

[dot.hawkes]

there is a stillbirth register, contact the local register office and they will give you info , there certificate may not really be any clue, but it is possible the hospital handled the burial or cremation.

[cazzz1975]

The GRO does have a separate list for tracing stillbirths from 1927, its worth trying them

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/stillbirths/

[B&JC]

Thanks to all. Yes we do know the hospital and it is still there. We don't have the death certificate, but details of burial are not on them anyway. It was back in 1958 so don't know if hospital can help - they may have arranged the burial, but I will try them first.

[Ethel]

There is no death certificate in cases of stillbirth - nor a birth certificate.

A stillbirth certificate is issued but doesn't have any burial details.

[KRUSTYMAN]

Some years back I was looking for the grave of my grandfather. I knew the year that he died so I simply visited the local cemeteries and, I assume that most cemeteries have this, went to the office/gate house, which is staffed by the council and found that they keep logs on who is buried. This is simply just the name of the deceased, the date they were interred and the plot. They will generally tell you where that plot is and if your lucky give you a map to find it. I'm assuming this is quite standard practice - if not I must have been extremely lucky?

[burston]

If you can, phone each cemetery and ask if they are buried there. I came accross a relative I was looking for completely by chance on doing this. I phoned one cem to ask if they had the phone number of the cem where I thought he was buried and explained the situation and they said they would check their records whilst I was on, and it turned out that he was at that particular one, not only that but his wife was buried next to him which we didnt know about. Good luck