Karen this certainly sounds horrible, I know at Hillston that there are many many unmarked graves. The original cemetery was closer to the inner town so they moved it but I am not sure what they ever did with the actual records. I think Young has the same problem too, as when the cemetery was moved way way back the records of who was buried is just gone (I think). Really horrible that your grandmother's grave was used twice - very YUK!! -

----- Original Message ----- From: "emailslade" >>I am not sure what they ever did with the actual records. > I think Young has the same problem too, as when the cemetery was moved way > way back the records of who was buried is just gone (I think). Thanks Raylene, I have done many a search for cemetery records over the last few months and its amazing where they turn up. Most often they are held by the local council as at some stage ownership of the cemetery passed to council. Sometimes you need to do detective work. eg I tried to find out where Warrens cemetery records were and actually rang the undertakers (now retired) and found that he had donated his records to the library. I rang Warren Library and the librarian admitted that they were supposed to be there but no one could find them. My uncle however was listed in the Dubbo Historical Societies Cemetery index. Which is good - except that he is in an unmarked grave so the index must have been compiled from the undertakers records. So the best guess is that someone from Dubbo HS borrowed them to do the index and didnt send them back. Hopefully they will be found as the undertakers and cemetery records contain a lot more information than what is on the headstone. In my uncles case I am desperate to find out who paid for his funeral - that is who has burial rites on his grave. Hopefully from that we can find out what happened as all we know is he fell from a horse and broke his neck. >>Really > horrible that your grandmother's grave was used twice - very YUK!! - Agreed - actually its hard not knowing if the grave was or wasn't reused. All they have are the name plates from the coffins, but unfortunately most of them were only scratched on not engraved so they can't be read anymore. I guess at least he kept the name plates and didnt just toss them then we wouldnt have a clue. I am a determined detective - but Nyngans records were definitely destroyed in a flood so thats a lost cause. At least the council at Nyngan is open to us placing a memorial there for the whole family. "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving." ~ ~ Mother Teresa ~ ~ Keep Looking For Rainbows!! _--_|\ /Karen \ \ _.--._ /