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    1. Re: Voluntary Cemetery Project
    2. Kevin White
    3. What NSW - SE website is that? Cathy Dunn wrote: > Hi Niall Tangney > If you go to the NSW - SE website you'll see that we as a group have > already got the ball moving on the topic below > > Sorry for the delayed reply - computer upgrade - now sorting out emails > > Cathy Dunn > > At 09:52 PM 12/7/98 +1100, Niall wrote: > >Hello All, > >My name is Niall and I'm a very very amateur genealogist with some ancestors > >at Moruya from 1860, as well as a general historical interest in the South > >Coast region. > >I've decided to put my effort where my earlier email was and compile a list > >of cemeteries info for all towns within the region of this list. > > > >>The geographical area covered is from Helensburgh > >>to Moruya and inland to the Great Divide, including > >>Queanbeyan, Goulburn, Bowral, Picton, and Appin. > >(- said Cathy Dunn) > > > >Huge task perhaps, but won't take too long if everyone helps. Will put the > >results up for everyone to view when finished if my ISP doesn't mind. > >By the way I have no commercial motive for this whatsoever. > >I just think such a list might be useful. > >I would like to hear from anyone who may think that such a project IS NOT > >useful, or would be duplicating a list or directory that is already > >available somewhere. This might save me re-inventing the wheel. On the > >other hand, encouragement, ideas, and sources of info would be greatly > >appreciated. > > > >If you have info on locations of cemeteries and where transcriptions of > >cemetery headstones are located, > >whether it be in a library, church, genealogy or local history org., website > >etc. etc. Send ME an email and I will put it into an MsACCESS database and > >put (a static copy) it up on the web. PLEASE READ THE WHOLE OF THIS MESSAGE > >BEFORE DOING SO. > >However, I want to do this within one month maximum two (am very busy). > >That is the plan. > >I expect that if the 167 or so people subscribed to this list, (many of > >whom no doubt may live on the south coast) supply details on their local > >cemeteries, > >as Cathy did, then I will complete this list in no time at all. > >If there are 500 or 600 towns, in this list area, that won't be a problem. > >Today is the Monday 7th of December,1998. > > > >Please send information for each in the following format, > >because these are the field names so far in my database: > > > >Town or Place (where is the cemetery) > >Address > >Cemetery (name of the cemetery site) > >CemetaryCustodian (who looks after it, eg.council,church, private etc) > >Transcribed (yes or no, have the headstone details been transcribed?) > >Transcriber (who did the transcription?) > >Published (yes or no?) > >Publisher (who published it?) > >Date of transcription > >AvailableFrom (eg. which library, history society, website etc.) > >Other info: > > > > > >Now, having committed myself, I will click on the SEND button. > > > >Viva genealogy! > > > >Niall Tangney > >Cronulla NSW > > > > > > > > > > > >==== AUS-NSW-SE Mailing List ==== > >History and genealogy in South-East New South Wales, Australia > > > > > > > Cathy Dunn > Internet Family History Association of Australia (IFHAA) > Official Launch of the IFHAA Web site - 1 January 1999 > > The Australia Genealogical message board at > http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb5856 > > The Australian Convict Message Board is at > http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb80720 > > IFHAA On line classes at > http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/austmenu.html > > ==== AUS-NSW-SE Mailing List ==== > History and genealogy in South-East New South Wales, Australia

    12/28/1998 01:25:09