Record:
Funeral ledgers (FRAS 923)
Title: Funeral ledgers
Date: 1882-1950
Reference: FRAS
923
Former reference: HF 92/5
Physical description: 9 volumes
Origination:
Paulin & Dunbar
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
The ledgers contain individual customer accounts. The earlier volumes also include other accounts namely tradesmen accounts, carriage hire account, petty sales account, funeral account and expenses account.
Additional information:
Financial details were posted to the ledgers from the head office funeral day books (ref: FRAS 906). The page number of the corresponding entry in the day book is recorded beside each entry in the ledger.
An index to the names in the ledgers was maintained separately (ref: FRAS 917).
System of arrangement: Chronological order.
Record type: Ledgers
Function: Financial accounting
Records held within this series:
Title: Funeral ledger (No 2)
Date: April
1882-March 1891
Reference: FRAS 923/1
Former reference: HF 92/5/1
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Paulin &
Dunbar
Additional information:
Details of payments received were posted to this ledger from a cash book (ref: FRAS 915).
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts, tradesmen accounts, carriage hire account, petty sales account, funeral account and expenses account.
Records linked to this file:
Title: Cash book
Date: 1882-1889
Reference: FRAS 915
Company:
Paulin & Dunbar
Connection: Entries were posted from this cash book to the funeral ledger.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 3)
Date: April
1891-March 1902
Reference: FRAS 923/2
Former reference: HF 92/5/2
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Paulin &
Dunbar
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts, carriage hire account, petty sales account, funeral account and expenses account.
A customer invoice (ref: FRAS 925) was found loose inside this ledger.
Records linked to this file:
Title: Customer invoice
Date: 1901
Reference: FRAS 925
Company:
Paulin & Dunbar
Connection: This invoice was found loose inside the ledger.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 4)
Date: April
1902-September 1910
Reference: FRAS 923/3
Former reference: HF 92/5/3
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Paulin &
Dunbar
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts, tradesmen accounts, funeral account and expenses account.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 5)
Date: October
1910-March 1918
Reference: FRAS 923/4
Former reference: HF 92/5/4
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 6)
Date: April
1918-March 1925
Reference: FRAS 923/5
Former reference: HF 92/5/5
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 7)
Date: March
1925-September 1933
Reference: FRAS 923/6
Former reference: HF 92/5/6
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 8)
Date: September
1933-December 1941
Reference: FRAS 923/7
Former reference: HF 92/5/7
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 9)
Date: December
1941-March 1947
Reference: FRAS 923/8
Former reference: HF 92/5/8
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Title: Funeral ledger (No 10)
Date: March
1947-April 1950
Reference: FRAS 923/9
Former reference: HF 92/5/9
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
W T Dunbar & Sons
Ltd
Scope and content:
Includes customer accounts.
Records related to this series:
Title: Indexes to funeral ledgers
Date: 1882-1946
Reference: FRAS 917
Company:
Paulin & Dunbar
W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd
Connection:
Title: Head office funeral day books
Date: 1882-1951
Reference: FRAS 906
Company:
Paulin & Dunbar
W T Dunbar & Sons Ltd
Connection: Financial details were posted from these day books to the ledgers.
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