Parish Burial Records 1700 &1800's (General)

by BSEDDON , Thursday, February 16, 2012, 13:53 (4673 days ago)

Hi

In general, there appear to be many more Baptism's than Burials.....

The early Burial records seldom provide an age of death though memoranda can include references like son of ...... which can be very helpful

All in all though it can be very tricky matching up Baptisms to Burials....

Having spent some time trying to do this with my family records I'm coming to the conclusion that children (and in particular babies) were much more likely to have been afforded a church burial than their parents.

Does anyone know if this is borne out by any customs and practices?

What alternatives to church burials were there during this era of the forest?

I believe that Forest Death records post 1837 are still unavailable via the Gloucestershire BMD indexes. What source(s) do people rely on most?

any comments welcomed, thanks Brian