Thank you so much!! Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Can't wait to see what you find! A million thanks, Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie" <billie@jacobsen.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 10:00 PM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Field of Mars request > G'day Elizabeth, > > Yes Wood Coffill Funerals Pty. Ltd. are still operating and I would think > that the closest branch for someone who died at Chatswood would be their > branch at 714 Victoria Road, Ryde. 2112. Telephone number 61-2-9809 0396. > I don't know where their records would be kept or even if it is possible to > gain access to them but I will phone them on Monday to confirm. > > I live about 10 minutes from the Field of Mars Cemetery. In fact, when I > was a little girl I used to play there. At the time I lived in the street > which lead up to the cemetery's front gate. I will go to the cemetery > either tomorrow or Monday (when the office is open) and see if I can find > the grave and let you know about a headstone. > > I will email you as soon as I get the information together. > > Kind regards, > > Billie Jacobsen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Forsyth" <lizbon@optonline.net> > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 6:11 PM > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Field of Mars request > > > > I have just found out that my 2x great grandmother was buried in the > Church of England cemetery at Field of Mars. Her name was Eliza Ann Burgess > and she died June 1, 1925 in Chatswood and buried June 3rd. Would anyone > be nearby this cemetery and be able to check for a tombstone? Also, on the > death certificate it states that the undertaker was Wood Coffell Ltd. - any > idea if they are still in business or where the records would be? > > > > Thanks, > > Elizabeth Russell Forsyth > > New Jersey/ USA > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > ================================================================== > > Cemetery Records on line:- > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > > ================================================================== > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003 > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ================================================================== > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > ================================================================== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >