England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains records from the city of Oldham for the years 1797-2004. The records come from multiple cemeteries, including Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres.

Cemetery records are kept as a permanent record of who was buried and usually who purchased the burial plot. The information in these records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.

Now incorporated into the Greater Manchester metropolis, Oldham is a fairly recent English city. Prior to the period of this collection, it was a somewhat unimportant site, but it rose to prominence during the nineteenth century as a major industrial center. For a list of parishes historically belonging to this city, see the Oldham Parishes page.

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How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * The name of the individual
 * Approximate date of death

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * If an age is given, estimate a birth year to search for a birth record
 * Search for a civil death record
 * If a spouse or other family member is identified, look for the family in prior censuses
 * Based on his age and date of burial, you may be able to estimate a marriage date and look for marriage records
 * Continue to search the index for people with the same surname to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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 * Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record
 * It was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name
 * Vary the search terms. For example, search by either the given name or surname to return broader list of possible matches
 * Search the records of nearby locations
 * Cumbria and North Yorkshire on the north
 * West Yorkshire on the east
 * Greater Manchester and Merseyside on the south

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Lancashire.
 * Lancashire Guided Research
 * England Record Finder
 * England Research Tips and Strategies

Citing This Collection
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