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ElizabethHerts
07-11-21, 20:27
I have just noticed this new collection on Ancestry.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61802/


My ancestors buried at Holy Trinity, Brompton, aren't listed.
kiterunner
07-11-21, 21:32
I'm sure this was transcribed by the World Archives Project volunteers, but it doesn't mention that in the information.

As far as I can see, Holy Trinity, Brompton, isn't included, Elizabeth.
Phoenix
08-11-21, 08:16
Mile End in Portsmouth IS included. I have extracted entries from the frantic transcriptions taken, but that is either incomplete, or represents a small section of the cemetery as it doesn't include entries that I know exist.
ElizabethHerts
08-11-21, 08:39
Mile End in Portsmouth IS included. I have extracted entries from the frantic transcriptions taken, but that is either incomplete, or represents a small section of the cemetery as it doesn't include entries that I know exist.

It just says Mile End Gardens and there are only 3 pages with very little information.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61802/images/61802_rg37_p126-00000?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
kiterunner
08-11-21, 08:43
Phoenix, if you look at the images, it says that 3,075 bodies were removed from Mile End Gardens and reinterred at Portsea Cemetery, but only 3 memorials / tombstones were removed, and the letter only gives details of those 3.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61802/images/61802_rg37_p126-00001?ssrc=&backlabel=Return

edit - snap, Elizabeth!
Phoenix
08-11-21, 10:37
I wonder if there is a similar lack in the other recordings? What is on the Ancestry database, for Portsmouth at least, sounds like only the monuments considered worthy of removal. The rest were clearly in a parlous state, and there was a rush to do what could be done. For anyone interested, the information is held in Portsmouth's Record Office and several of my ancestors are memorialised there.
Jill
08-11-21, 12:45
Pleased to find three of my Bannisters in Oldham, including a child who I didn't know existed.
kiterunner
08-11-21, 14:19
Apparently these are also on Deceased Online, and have been for some time, so if you don't find what you are looking for on Ancestry, try on there.