19th August 2014, 08:35 AM
Marc Berger - that is really just confusing official guidance with your own philosophy, and not helpful to bomberh.
If there is a chance ancestry is involved the MoJ will require you to place adverts around the local area and in two local newspapers, to trace possible connections/objections, though this need not be a barrier to work. Depending on the historiy of the site, they may also ask about formal desk-based research, although one hopes this would have happened prior to this stage. If post-medieval graves are not associated with a religous institution, there's a good chance they were formerly associated with something of significance.
If there is a chance ancestry is involved the MoJ will require you to place adverts around the local area and in two local newspapers, to trace possible connections/objections, though this need not be a barrier to work. Depending on the historiy of the site, they may also ask about formal desk-based research, although one hopes this would have happened prior to this stage. If post-medieval graves are not associated with a religous institution, there's a good chance they were formerly associated with something of significance.