Thursday, October 18, 2012

Woolwich Cemetery records now on Deceased Online

The following is from Deceased Online.


► Nearly 80,000 Woolwich records complete  
Royal Greenwich database◄ 

• Woolwich Cemetery, the last of five cemeteries managed by the Royal Borough of  Greenwich in  South London, has had all records digitised and added to www.deceasedonline.com .
• In total, there are now over 485,000 records for the Royal Borough which includes Eltham Crematorium as well as Charlton, Eltham, Greenwich, Plumstead and Woolwich cemeteries.
• Woolwich Cemetery opened in 1856 and features many military graves as well as some fascinating memorials.
• Click here to read more details about this cemetery and many  others within the ‘database coverage’ section on Deceased Online website.
• Victims from  London’s worst-ever peacetime disaster are buried and commemorated at Woolwich and you can read all about this in Emma Jolly’s next blog so register now at: http://deceasedonlineblog.blogspot.co.uk/

• The data for Woolwich Cemetery comprise:
• Grave details indicating those buried in each grave
• Scans of burial registers 
• Cemetery maps indicating grave locations  
• Some photographs of memorials and headstones 

Coming soon: 
 Lots of burial records for Lancashire and Yorkshire….

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