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Kim Deakin
 Jul 16, 08 - 4:07 PM |
St Michaels RC Cemetery
Does any one know if the burial receipts still exist for St Michaels Cemetery, lots of my Irish family are buried there, any information would be gratefully received. |
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Tony
Jul 16th, 2008 - 4:26 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hello Kim, If you follow the link on the left hand panel to burial records and just enter the surname you are researching. It has St Michaels records from 1862-2003 Tony Sheffield |
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Kim Deakin
Jul 16th, 2008 - 4:32 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Thanks Tony But is there info regarding who purchased the graves, and if in fact there is a grave stone, a lot to ask i know but it's very difficult for me to visit Sheffield. |
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Kim Dawtry
Jul 16th, 2008 - 5:23 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Kim Archives at Sheffield may hold them. If you e-mail them they will be able to tell you whether or not they have what you are looking for. Catholic family History is hard, yesterday I found a site called the Catholic Family History Society, didn't even know there was one! They have a lot of useful links on there and various publications. Might come in handy for you. Thought my lot were Catholic, and indeed my Dad is, but now looks like they were Methodist or Wesleyan, just waiting to hear from archives. Good luck, Kim |
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Lois Hopkins
Jul 17th, 2008 - 3:30 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
If you do find out there are gravestones and get their numbers I live just down the road from St Michael's so could take some pictures for you. Lois |
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Elaine In Ottawa
Jul 18th, 2008 - 7:41 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Kim, I do have a contact e-mail for the person who looks after the books for St Michaels but I am away from my own computer at this time once I get back I will contact him and see what he has to say....and get back to you. Kindest regards. Elaine in Ottawa. |
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Kim Deakin
Jul 19th, 2008 - 3:03 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Elaine That would be fantastic if you could do that for me, I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time. Kim |
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Kim Deakin
Jul 19th, 2008 - 3:13 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Lois. I know the grave numbers but i don't know if there are any head stones, they were poor Irish people so more than likely none of them had head stones.If i sent the numbers to you would be able to take a look, photographs would be brilliant, i'll gladly pay you for your time. Thank you for responding. Kim |
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Lois Hopkins
Jul 19th, 2008 - 3:24 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Kim, That would be fine, I walk past the Cemetery every day walking my dog so I can take a look. Lois. |
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Elaine In Ottawa
Jul 19th, 2008 - 8:02 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Kim, A name and grave number would help...... Thanks Elaine. |
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Lois Hopkins
Jul 19th, 2008 - 11:03 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Is it the Ratigans you want looking up? I used to go to school with a family named Ratigan and they lived in the Crookes area of Sheffield. Lois |
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Kim Deakin
Jul 19th, 2008 - 3:31 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Lois and Elaine Theres a few graves in St Michaels here goes: Cunningham Ann ... St Bridgets grave 120 section j Ratigan Bridget... St Bridgets grave 122 section c Cunningham Hubert..St Bridgets grave 124 section h Cunningham Hubert..St Bridgets grave 154 section d Cunningham Jane ..St Bridgets grave 20 Section ca Ratigan John ...St Patrick'sgrave 3 Section ra Ratigan John ...St Patrick'sgrave 40 section I Cunningham John Michael, St Patrick's grave 10 section ja Cunningham Joseph S Bridgets grave 124 section h Thats it so far, the Ratigans lived mainly on Bailey lane, different houses but same street. Bridget died in the little sisters of the poor nursing home, Heeley Bank Road. Thanks to both. Look forward to hearing from you. |
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Ann_Cestor
Jul 19th, 2008 - 10:54 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Elaine The gentleman you mention, who looks after the books for St Michael's cemetery, I assume these include the St Vincent's burial records? And if so does he also keep the St Vincent's parish registers of births and marriages? I have often seen people ask where they can get access to these births and marriage records. Are they available to view or have they been transcribed and if so where are they please? |
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Lois Hopkins
Jul 20th, 2008 - 2:40 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Kim, Thanks for the grave information. That's another coincidence- my partner lives in the grounds of where the nursing home used to be on Heeley Bank Road Lois |
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Angela
Jul 20th, 2008 - 5:59 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hello Ann. The baptism and marriage records for St Vincent de Paul, Solly St are deposited with Sheffield archives. reference Cath2 Baptisms 1853-1949 Confirmations 1858-1906 Banns 1853-1854, 1944-1967 Marriages 1857-1913, 1972-1996 Baptisms records include entries for Stannington and St Anne Deepcar 1872+. From The Small Guide to Noncomformist and Roman Catholic Churches in Sheffield by S&DFHS. Angela |
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Ann_Cestor
Jul 24th, 2008 - 7:05 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Angela Thanks for that, are you sure about his? If so is it a recent thing? Last time I was down at the Sheffield Archives they told me they only had a burials CD which info I'd already got from this site. Do we know where the St Vincent's parish records are around the dates you mentioned? Wouldn't you know it, my search carries on around those dates missing from your list. Nobody ever seems to be able to tell me where the records are? I don't know the parameters either, such as dates when/if St Vincent's closed/moved, parish registers stopped etc. My whole family seems to have lived and breathed St Vincent's, which goes to show the grip/control the church had on their lives. Baptisms from 1950 to whenever Banns 1855 - 1943 and from 1968 to whenever Marriages 1914 - 1971 With a lot of Irish people having the same name it's costing a fortune in certificates etc to trace my family, where a peek at the parish register would sort it, 
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Hugh
Jul 24th, 2008 - 7:49 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
The records of the RC Diocese of Hallam were deposited in Sheffield Archives about 10 years ago. St Vincent's was created as a mission in 1853 and the church was built in 1856. The parish (if that is the right word?) still exists, but in a new building on a completely different site, in Crookes. They may have later baptism registers?! You could ask them. Contact details on their website: http://crookes.catholicweb.com/ There is a 50 year closure for all the catholic parish registers at the Archives, which would affect the marriage records listed above. People who can prove a family relationship can access later records of their own relations. Hugh |
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Ann_Cestor
Jul 24th, 2008 - 10:38 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Hugh Yes, I believe so, and I have contacted someone at St Vincents but am given the runaround. No one seems to know where they are for some reason. Finding out where the records actually are in order to access them (with proof of relationship) would be a start. (For the later ones I've listed I mean.) I've only just found out about the ones listed above my list so I'll go down and look at these, with proof where necessary. I was able to see some other 'closed' records invoking the Freedom of Information Act, so I'm no stranger to the process. I'd even be prepared to transcribe the registers not closed for a searcheable database, it would save everyone a lot of time and money. Ann |
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Elaine in Ottawa
Jul 24th, 2008 - 11:28 PM |
St Vincents.
Hi Ann,(Kim) The information I have is as Hugh & Angela states re St Vincent's...... Sheffield Archives have them......or should as they state in their booklet they now hold the records for the RC Diocese of Hallam. The LDS also have filmings for St Vincent's up to 1949. This is what they state they have..... Church records for St. Vincent's Church, Solly St., Sheffield, 1853-1949 So you could view those at Grenoside...... Hope this helps. Elaine in Ottawa. 
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Dave Westnage
Jul 25th, 2008 - 2:43 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Everyone I have actually used the St Vincent's Parish records at the Sheffield Archive and found the Baptism of my Grandfather in 1895 - so they are certainly there Cheers Dave Westnage |
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Ann_Cestor
Aug 4th, 2008 - 9:31 PM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi All Well I guess I was misinnformed down at the archives. I'm going to Sheffield soon, I'll have to check them out. At the archives do we get to see the original books or some copy (MF) of them?? Ann
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Lois Hopkins
Aug 5th, 2008 - 3:39 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
Hi Ann, If they are buried in the St Vincent section of St Michael's it will be very difficult to erect a headstone there.The area is unreachable due to it being overgrown and there aren't any other headstones due to it being a communal area. One lady I checked for last week there were 44 people in the same grave- mostly children! Maybe a plaque would be a better idea. Lois. |
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Hugh
Aug 5th, 2008 - 4:28 AM |
Re: St Michaels RC Cemetery
When we were working in St Mary's cemetery on Saturday, just over the wall at the top of St Michael's, it was clear they had been doing some major clearance of vegetation - in fact there were people at the bottom carrying branches back and forth. I don't know if this extends to St Vincent's section, but it might! Hugh
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