Surname User Guide

Each line in the table will contain the following six fields.

1. The Surname and either the Forenames or Initials.

   This contains only initials where we indexed from the register indexes. We later check with the detailed registers and put the full forenames at the same time as we add the ages and grave site information. (It all takes time - getting Surnames finished is our first priority).

2. The Date of the Burial.

   This contains the date of entry in the burial register. If the day is 00 then the month and year refer to the first entry in that register as the actual dates have not been entered yet. The real date will be later by up to a couple of years.

3. The Age of the person.

   This contains 2 numerics and an optional character, or a non numeric entry indicate the following:-

   • "00" = Not yet entered in the data from the register.
   • "--" = Not used or specified in the Burial Register.
   • "st" = Stillborn.
   • "sb" = Stillborn.
   • "nb" = Newborn.
   • "n/a" = Not indexed (transcribed) yet. Its coming at about 300 a day.

   The letter folling the two numerics indicate the following:-

   • "c" = Centuary over 100 years old by years given.
   • " " = Years
   • "y" = Years
   • "m" = Months
   • "d" = Days
   • "h" = Hours
   • "n" = Minutes
   • "s" = Seconds
4. A burial reference number.

   This is the number in the burial register for numbers from 1 to 113828. For numbers above 113828 (113829 through 195217) they are the burials numbers in the registers marked as R/N 3829 to R/N 85217. (That is R/N nn = 110000 + nn) So to convert add 110000 inplace of R/N or subtract 110000 and write R/N in front of the number. (This may be just R in some of out listings)

5. The section in the Cemetery where the grave is located.
6. Identification of the source register index in which this entry is found.