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    1. [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] Grave location
    2. Garry Batt
    3. Nice try Marsha. I think you have just re-invented the wheel. The most common and simple system of location in use is the postal system. It's been used by thousands of millions of people for hundreds of years. Everybody understands it. When thinking of a cemetery think Suburb (Section), Street (Row) and house number (grave plot). So you get Anglican in row F grave 7 or if you like, Ang.F.07 for shorthand to fit it into the one column in your database. If the cemetery you're recording has no signs then you can make up your own names using logic and common sense. Just make a note of what you have done or issue mud maps of the same. Number the sections, letter the rows and number the visible graves. Always work from the side that people approach from. Think of a supermarket and their signs. Most supermarkets have the aisle signs on the approach side, they may or may not have one on the other end but they always have one on the approach side. The camera numbers pictures in sequence. If you take your pictures in a logical order then the camera keeps a record for you. I'm always amazed by the location systems used by the cemetery trusts in Victoria. It seems most of them will do anything to avoid simplicity. The Victorian requirements are here :- http://www.health.vic.gov.au/cemeteries/admin/record.htm

    08/19/2010 09:28:30