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Record: Scroll funeral day books (FRAS 922)

Title: Scroll funeral day books
Date: 1952-1960
Reference: FRAS 922
Former reference: HF 92/1  
Physical description: 7 volumes  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Scope and content:

The scroll day books contain details of individual orders for funerals. Details recorded include date, name and address or person paying for funeral, name and age of deceased and details of hearse, coffin, shroud, stationery and funeral dues.

System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.

Record type: Order books

Function: Financial accounting

Records held within this series:

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: March-July 1952
Reference: FRAS 922/1
Former reference: HF 92/1/29  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: April-October 1953
Reference: FRAS 922/2
Former reference: HF 92/1/30  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: October 1953-March 1954
Reference: FRAS 922/3
Former reference: HF 92/1/31  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: October 1954-March 1955
Reference: FRAS 922/4
Former reference: HF 92/1/32  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: March-September 1955
Reference: FRAS 922/5
Former reference: HF 92/1/33  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: October 1955-March 1956
Reference: FRAS 922/6
Former reference: HF 92/1/34  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

A timetable of accounting and other office tasks (ref: FRAS 924) was found loose inside this day book.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Accounting and other office tasks timetable
Date: c 1955
Reference: FRAS 924
Company: W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd    
Connection: This timetable was found loose inside the day book.

Title: Scroll funeral day book
Date: January-July 1960
Reference: FRAS 922/7
Former reference: HF 92/1/35  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

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