Cover image for Funeral Ledger
Series:
Funeral Ledger
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
23 May 1867
End Date:
28 Sep 1961
Excludes Dates:
05 Jul 1869 - 01 Nov 1872

06 Apr 1876 - 12 Feb 1878

04 May 1885 - 07 Feb 1886

24 Nov 1891 - 24 Nov 1895
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 184201 Jan 1960
How to Use:
Copyright in all material assigned to State Archivist.
Series notes:
Account books documenting costs of deceased person's funeral. Earlier volumes include the Date, Name (of deceased person), Age and Amount Owing on the Funeral. Later volumes include contain this information, as well as an Address and an itemised list of charges incurred before and during the funeral (ie Removal of remains from place of death, Casket, Hearse Hire, Pall Bearers, Freight charges, if remains conveyed interstate, Newspaper death notices, Cemetery Charges, Opening and closing grave, Crematorium fees, Undertakers Attendance and Clergyman's fees).

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Chronological.
Items: