bit depressing when you know a person is buried somewhere, but cannot find them...annoying to find many others but not yours....aaaggghh....my sympathy. robyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "allan" <aoki@southcom.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dead & Buried in Geelong but not > I had a similar experience with Creswick. I was only looking for one grave - > that of my grandfather - and couldn't find it anywhere. I then found a book > with graves indexed by location (row and number). His name was in the index > but, despite this information, I was unable to locate the grave. At best, > all I can say is that "he is buried between two other graves." > > Allan Jamieson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L Wilkinson" <gerryandlyn@dodo.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:31 AM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dead & Buried in Geelong but not > > > > Let me know who you are looking for and I'll ask around for you. Maybe > there > > are transcriptions somewhere. Next time we drive through Grong Grong I'll > > most definitely stop and look but we don't make the trip very often... > maybe > > just once a year, so it may be a long time before you hear from me. > > > > I know what you mean about the gravestones too, having just been down to > > Buninyong and Creswick Cemeteries looking for my past. Buninyong is well > > looked after, a credit to the town but Creswick... I had a list of well > over > > 20 grave sites and after stumbling around amid rubble and grass seeds for > 2 > > hours, came home having found just 4. It is so sad that towns will allow > > their history to just crumble away to dust like that. And while I'm at it, > > if you really want to have a good cry over the state of headstones, just > > visit the Grovedale German Cemetery. So many of the headstones have fallen > > onto the ground and are in pieces. So much history lost. > > > > Lyn > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robyn Shaw" <mrshaw@bigpond.com> > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:49 AM > > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dead & Buried in Geelong but not > > > > > > > well don't pass...tramp around among the long grass and cattle and find > my > > > headstones....yeah right...they are not there...been washed away with > > > floods, whatever..shame. > > > > > > i could not find my great grandfather's grave at Croydon in far north > qld. > > > so took a photo of an irish cross, fallen over and awful, but best i > could > > > find...now my grandfather was buried there, would have had a cross like > > > this...i say...well...he MIGHT have had....again, yeah right... > > > robyn toowoomba. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "L Wilkinson" <gerryandlyn@dodo.com.au> > > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:34 AM > > > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dead & Buried in Geelong but not > > > > > > > > > > Grong Grong is up my neck of the woods. It is a tiny township on the > > > Newell > > > > highway on the way to Narrandera. We pass through it every time we > head > > > down > > > > south. > > > > > > > > :) Lyn > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Neil Campbell" <neils1@bigpond.net.au> > > > > > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:29 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Dead & Buried in Geelong but not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As far as I know Grong Grong is NSW. > > > > > > Found this- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ifhaa/ifhaa/marketplace/margglen/gr > > > > > onggrong.htm > > > > > > Fran > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > Version: 6.0.618 / Virus Database: 397 - Release Date: 3/9/2004 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > > Geelong & District Churches : > > > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdchur.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > > Geelong & District Cemeteries : > > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.620 / Virus Database: 399 - Release Date: 3/11/2004 > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > > Geelong Family History Group : > > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gfamhist/index.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Surnames of Interest : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdname.htm > >