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Record: Raeburn Place branch office funeral day books (FRAS 921)

Title: Raeburn Place branch office funeral day books
Date: 1913-1963
Reference: FRAS 921
Former reference: HF 92/2/1   HF 92/1/27  
Physical description: 2 volumes  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Scope and content:

The 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 dues.

Additional information:

The orders in these branch office funeral day books were copied into the head office funeral day books (ref: FRAS 906).

System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.

Record type: Order books

Function: Financial accounting

Records held within this series:

Title: Raeburn Place branch funeral day book
Date: November 1913-March 1952
Reference: FRAS 921/1
Former reference: HF 92/2/1  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Title: Raeburn Place branch funeral day book
Date: March 1952-June 1963
Reference: FRAS 921/2
Former reference: HF 92/1/27  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd

Records related to this series:

Title: Head office funeral day books
Date: 1882-1951
Reference: FRAS 906
Company: Paulin & Dunbar   W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd    
Connection: The orders in the branch office funeral day books were copied into the head office funeral day books.

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