RE: Burial and Death Records in the UK - About Burial Records
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Rebecca Reid
Apr 26, 2011, 7:28:05 AM4/26/11
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When I look at the records for that church on family search, though, it
appears there was also a "burial record" during those same years, as well as
the "rough burial record."
appears there was also a "burial record" during those same years, as well as
the "rough burial record."
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From: Ellen B Sorenson [mailto:efsor...@wowway.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:28 AM
To: Rebecca & Ryan Reid; fr...@tuxrocks.com
Subject: Burial and Death Records in the UK - About Burial Records
http://www.ukburials.net/burialrec.htm
This refers to a "full burial record" after 1813 when preprinted books had
forms to fill out. Perhaps a "rough burial record" was the shorter and less
detailed earlier record. Not a poorer person, but rather a poorer record.
Ellen Sorenson
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Frank Sorenson
Apr 30, 2011, 2:39:55 AM4/30/11
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I believe I've figured out the meaning of the "rough burial record".
When a person is buried, they are placed in a casket, then the casket is lowered into the hole. At the bottom of the hole, there is a large box, or vault. This vault is in place before the family arrives at the cemetery, and after the family has left (now, at least), the cemetery people place the vault's lid on the top and seal the box against moisture and leakage. The vault protects the casket from being crushed by the dirt placed on it and causing a sinkhole. It also serves the practical purpose of providing a flat bottom of the hole, holds back the sides of the hole from filling up the hole, and protects the casket from possible damage when an adjacent burial site is excavated.
Today, this is a reinforced concrete vault (perhaps 1800-2200 pounds), decorated to complement the casket, and sometimes with a stainless steel, copper, plastic, or other lining. Before reinforced concrete, the vault would have been a decorated wooden box.
Less expensive than the decorated concrete or wooden box, the box is sometimes not decorated at all, and merely serves the mundane, practical purposes (protect the casket, create a bottom of the hole, etc.). Although current practice (likely resulting from community codes mandating standards at cemeteries) typically calls for a vault at the bottom of the grave, the term for this has historically been the "rough box", or the "rough".
Today, most outer burial containers are referred to as "vaults", however the unadorned containers are often still called a "rough box".
My suspicion is that a "rough burial record" is the parish's record book containing information about when the "rough" was buried (and probably where, since they'd need to make sure they didn't dig down 6 feet, only to find that a "rough" was already buried there. The "burial record" then likely refers to the civil record indicating that an individual had been buried on that date. The government wants to know that a person has been buried (and when). The parish keeps records of where someone was buried.
Frank
When a person is buried, they are placed in a casket, then the casket is lowered into the hole. At the bottom of the hole, there is a large box, or vault. This vault is in place before the family arrives at the cemetery, and after the family has left (now, at least), the cemetery people place the vault's lid on the top and seal the box against moisture and leakage. The vault protects the casket from being crushed by the dirt placed on it and causing a sinkhole. It also serves the practical purpose of providing a flat bottom of the hole, holds back the sides of the hole from filling up the hole, and protects the casket from possible damage when an adjacent burial site is excavated.
Today, this is a reinforced concrete vault (perhaps 1800-2200 pounds), decorated to complement the casket, and sometimes with a stainless steel, copper, plastic, or other lining. Before reinforced concrete, the vault would have been a decorated wooden box.
Less expensive than the decorated concrete or wooden box, the box is sometimes not decorated at all, and merely serves the mundane, practical purposes (protect the casket, create a bottom of the hole, etc.). Although current practice (likely resulting from community codes mandating standards at cemeteries) typically calls for a vault at the bottom of the grave, the term for this has historically been the "rough box", or the "rough".
Today, most outer burial containers are referred to as "vaults", however the unadorned containers are often still called a "rough box".
My suspicion is that a "rough burial record" is the parish's record book containing information about when the "rough" was buried (and probably where, since they'd need to make sure they didn't dig down 6 feet, only to find that a "rough" was already buried there. The "burial record" then likely refers to the civil record indicating that an individual had been buried on that date. The government wants to know that a person has been buried (and when). The parish keeps records of where someone was buried.
Frank
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