Genealogy Chat

Nottingham Crematorium is at ---

Wliford Hill,,,

You will find the cemeteries in Nottingham very helpful if you email them with the names and dates you are interested in - they replied to me very quickly when I enquired.

I have actually been to two today, to visit the plots of long lost relatives - I now have two photos of patches of grass! - there was no money for headstones back in 1920s and 1930s. It was just nice to make a note that we had visited.

I also rang Wilford Hill Crematorium last week and they were able to tell me who collected the ashes of a not so long distant relative.

Hope that helps.

Elisabeth

Cheers you two - no living relatives that were old enough at the time to recall so guess I'll have to contact the Crematoriums and take it from there.

Esther

Best bet to contact all crematoriums in the area of the death. Im sure they will have records of such things. Plus might be worth asking close family ( if alive) as they may know.

Hope this helps
Paul

Hi Esther

The crematorium my Grandad was cremated at and scattered in the garden of had records of where he was scattered, presumably they have to keep a record of that sort of thing. There was no plaque just a general garden area but some have specific plots where you can either have the ashes scattered or the urn with the ashes in buried and they are like a kind of "grave" so to speak, often with a rose tree on it.

Becs

Might seem a bit obvious but who ( if anyone ) could I contact to find out which crematorium certain ancestors were cremated at ( I know they were in Nottingham and have the date deaths etc) and do they have any records of where the ashes may have been scattered etc. Is it just the council or another body?