Thanks Ray that is a great help to me as well ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond W Henderson" <batie@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Australian Cemeteries Look Up Please. > Hi Robin, > Thank you so much for your interest with this. > I'll try and help you step by step as to what you need to know to help a > person find the details of a grave within a cemetery. > > Firstly you need to try and get as much information of the person requesting > the "Look-Up" > > This would then depend on the next step you need to do? > > Also many Cemeteries will have what is known as a Sextons map of the > cemetery lay-out it could help you in the future to see if you could get a > copy for future locations of graves within the same cemetery, and if people > are able to obtain sextons maps of cemeteries it could help if a copy could > be forwarded on to us, so that we can put them on the web page, example > being Warrnambool in Victoria, please see? > > So at the worst lets say that the person can only give you the persons name > and the year. > > You then would have to either contact the cemetery, it's a good idea at this > stage to let the cemetery know that you are a volunteer, otherwise in some > cases you could be charged for the information you need, but in most cases > cemeteries are not that bed to deal with. > > So you give the name and the known year of death, then you ask if they could > give you the details, what was the actual date of burial, what is the > section number, what is the plot number, what religion of the person if > known, and are there any other persons in the said grave if so get all the > names and dates, and in some cases the cemetery will also be able to tell > you who the Undertakes were, and if your really lucky they could be able to > tell you if a headstone is in place over the grave, if there isn't any > headstone then there is not point in making the trip to the cemetery. > > Important note:- We you first make contact with the person you need to make > it clear that if there are any charges to you, you would appreciate out of > pocket expenses? > Hope this help and to other members you might like to keep this somewhere as > to a guide to also help keep it uniform. > > Regards, > Ray. > ~O^O~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cinnamon" <cinnamonice@optusnet.com.au> > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:10 AM > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Australian Cemeteries Look Up Please. > > > Hi People, > > I am new to this list, and would like to participate in this new venture. > > What information and details would I need to obtain, besides the name and > cemetery? > > Could someone explain a little more about the steps involved? > Would I have to contact the local council or cemetery first to get details > of the grave? > > I have several cemeteries with in a half-hour's drive. I have a digital > camera. > I would have to go find the exact names of the cemeteries. > > Beenleigh, Eagleby, Mt Cotton are in the immediate vicinity, and have > cemeteries that I know where they are. > > Regards > Robin > Loganholme Qld. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Applebee" <papplebee@yahoo.com> > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:00 PM > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Australian Cemeteries Look Up Please. > > > Hi all, > Well, it is great to see such interest in our project, and our list > growing to such levels. For those of you that have volunteered to do look > ups, will receive email from the web site with subject: as above. The > cemetery that you have volunteered to do lookups for will have a Mailto: > link to your address. So we really do need to know what specific cemeteries > you are able to do, rather than a general area. I am in Adelaide and Ray > and Robynne are in Melbourne, we are not necessarily familiar with your > area. Having said that we welcome people who can pick holes in our cemetery > list on the site, so please check those in your area are on it, or not and > let us know. I will also put a list of volunteers in a link just of the > front page perhaps a new button or under the mailing list support, give > name, town, email address, etc for each volunteer. Existing volunteers will > be included in this as well. This is going to take some time to put in > place. > I must at this point also acknowledge the work of Jill Blackmore and > Carol Riley, who have past on to us transcripts and photos of several rural > Western Australia cemeteries. We are happy to have them on board, and they > have more in the pipeline. Keep up those trips, girls. Dennis and Pam > Parker, for their single minded focus on the Peterborough cemetery here in > S.A, they have organized "A Back to Peterborough" weekend just to get data > on their cemetery. 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