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Cemetery Index
20th October 2009

Wigan Cemetery Index Updated Freda Chorlton has been working her magic again and I've added some more code to the Wigan Cemetery Index to bring 2 major new updates.

1. Due to Freda's hard work and determination, ALL records have a plot number. All 117,918 of them!

2. I've added a new feature that allows you to click a plot number and this will link to a new page which shows who else is buried in the same plot. Should be a useful tool for anyone doing their family research.

To see the new indexes in action:-

Take the image to the right, for example, search for Chipperfield and the plot number along with other details are displayed.

Click the plot number and the Cornish names and another name are displayed.

Just a few points to note:-

Information is provided in good faith based from records transcribed.

If lots of unexpected names appear, you could be viewing a public grave. An asterisk (*) usually indicates a public grave.

Thanks Freda.

View the new Wigan Cemetery (Lower Ince) Records Index.

Posted at 19:38

Posted by steve on 20th October 2009 at 22:32

nice one, thanks freda (&brian).this will be very useful.

Posted by Mick on 21st October 2009 at 06:39

Yes well done Freda Chorlton and Gerald Marsden the hard work that you have done now will keep Wiganers and there long lost relation who are doing family trees going in years to come.

Posted by dave marsh on 21st October 2009 at 20:22

Once again,Freda,thank-you very much.

Posted by danni on 21st October 2009 at 22:43

brill thanks

Posted by Lee Layland on 23rd October 2009 at 13:02

An amazing piece of work. Many thanks for all the hard work (research & the coding that goes with it).

Posted by Carol Littler on 24th October 2009 at 13:51

Have you noticed that the first Sarah on the stone has had her surname inscribed as Corinsh instead of Cornish. Oooops!

Posted by Freda Chorlton on 24th October 2009 at 20:07

Trust you to spot it Carol, It still shows up as Cornish in the records.
That was the first thing I checked when I looked at this page on Wednesday.
It was the poor mason who got mixed up and just hoped no one would notice.
Hasn't Brian has done a brilliant job with the grave number links. I could play on it all day !!
I'm just sorry that I could not pick up on all the public graves, but if they were spread over two registers I had to give them the benefit of the doubt.
If anyone looks at a grave number without an asterisk * if there are unrelated names buried over a very short period then they can assume that it is a public grave.

Posted by Carol Littler on 25th October 2009 at 12:21

There's always one isn't there! The link is excellent - also you have done a superb job and have saved a lot of people a lot of work. It was a bit of a trawl in the old days wasn't it!

Posted by Freda on 25th October 2009 at 20:03

I think they call it technology.

Posted by Ian McL on 26th October 2009 at 15:21

What was a brilliant resource is now fantastic!

Many thanks!

Posted by ken on 4th November 2009 at 05:50

Well done Freda found a lot more family

Posted by Keith Bowen on 4th November 2009 at 21:48

Congratulations on producing a brilliant family history resource for researchers who have Wigan family interests, as I do. I have found many relatives on my mother's side which would have taken me considerably longer, and I may not have found them at all, without this fantastic site. Thank you.

Posted by Franny on 5th December 2009 at 00:28

Thanks Brian and Freda. My mum found and has now visited the grave of her father who died when she was two years old

Posted by Freda on 12th December 2009 at 08:43

Thanks to you Franny, I'ts comments like this which makes the whole thing worth while.

Posted by lee farnsworth on 17th December 2009 at 09:58

hi dont know if any1 can help but my wife is tryin to find her family in wigan, i believe her grandad was WILLIAM CHORLTON,her dad WILLIAM ATHUR or ARTHUR WILLIAM, thanx

Posted by Freda on 18th December 2009 at 09:19

I may be able to help you- I'll put my email on here for a few days - it's
fchorlton at sky.com

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