I’ve spent the past couple of days filling in the gaps and having added several hundred new records I’m pleased to say that I have now managed to record all the Knottingley cemetery burials from April 2005 right back to January 1928. This is in addition to those already recorded from 1859 through to 1906, so you’ll now find details of more than 8,700 Knottingley Cemetery burials on our database – all of them searchable by grave number. We also have approx 1,000 burials listed from other burial grounds making a total in excess of 9,700.
If you have ever searched any other online burials resource for Knottingley cemetery you’ll know how difficult it can sometimes be to find the individual you are looking for. I can’t promise that my database will be 100% accurate because from the information available to me it isn’t possible to ensure that it is, but in most cases I have double checked my burial records against the GRO index to ensure correct names and dates wherever possible. Similar resources available to you contain some rather unnecessary errors and omissions.
As for the grave numbers themselves it is pretty well hit and miss because there is no other information to compare them with. However, with so many records listed and by using the information contained on our family tree, it has been possible to work out any problems and I’m pretty confident that you’ll find this database extremely useful as a research tool.
All members can help to ensure that the database is as accurate as possible simply by searching for their own ancestors and by letting me know if they either find anything amiss, any individuals not shown who they feel should be, or any individuals shown who they feel shouldn’t be there.
Remember, all Knottingley Cemetery burials from 1907 through to 1927 have still to be added so please bear that in mind when searching the database.
