Oh got for it... tell us the website address! On 20/12/2009 23:46, Patricia Moosman wrote: > If I ever get to Ireland I would do it. I have found the BDM records on line > for NSW brilliant. > We have some good cemetery records on line in NZ especially at a place > called Thames where all the early gold mining took place. The historical > society and the district council worked together and produced this wonderful > online facility where it gives you full name, age, date if death, funeral > director, and native of ........ where ever (Ireland,Cornwall) > Then it has a grid showing where the grave is, then a google earth map with > the grid placed over it > It is part of the Thames District Council site and covers the 2 oldest > cemeteries and the one still in use > > Patricia > New Zealand > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ray > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:48 AM > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Adopt a graveyard Ruth& Dave& ?? > > Hello Ruth. > > I have just read Dave's reply to this suggestion from you, and much of what > he writes fits with my limited experience in Ireland. > > My experience from over 30 years ago in visiting there, was that GENERALLY > most Irish were not interested in their own family history or in history at > any deep level. They were happy and comfortable in just living their daily > lives. > > I found it so frustrating when I visited the areas where 'my' people had > come from, to find very little knowledge even within the same family. > grrrr...... > > Now of course my generalisation above, will be unfair to that minority of > committed people who do become involved; but it seems to me that they are a > minority. AND in case that might sound judgemental, even here in Oz, only a > > VERY SMALL minority of people become involved in local history societies, > etc. Most of them struggle for memberships, funds, etc. > > Ruth, you write about the cemetery transcription work which you are familiar > > with here in oz. I am familiar with SOME of it, but again in my experience > MOST of that is NOT shared freely. Usually one has to be a member of one of > > the transcribing societies to obtain access to the information; or to > purchase books, CDs, etc. I don't begrudge that, as that is one small way > for the groups to raise some meagre funds. I am rather, merely stating that > > my own experience is that such 'knowledge' is not "FREELY" shared. The > wonderful work by the cemetery group in the Hawkesbury area of NSW is an > exception, where they place their work freely on the internet; and we have > places like the huge Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney now placing their own > church burial indexes freely available online. So there is hope for the > future. > > However, I am digressing. What I had intended to write, was that Dave HALL's > > suggestion seemed eminently sensible and relatively 'easy', given especially > > that he mentions cemeteries with only a small number of headstones. It > doesn't require any groups or any organisation; just individuals taking a > few extra headstoen photos during their visits. If just a few people took up > > his suggestion whenever they visited a small cemetery, and then provided the > > photos taken to this list's community web-site; then piecemeal, coverage > might eventually be expanded. Thanks for the suggestion Dave. > > Sorry for rambling on. Ray in oz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruth Murdoch"<ruthamurdoch@yahoo.com.au> > To:<cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 4, Issue 250 > > > >> Re Adopt a Graveyard >> Maybe people could take on what a lot of Genealogical and Historical >> societies have and are doing here in Australia. During the cooler months a >> > >> small band of devoted members will select a cemetery in their particular >> area and will systematically work their way across the cemetery mapping >> and photographing everything and using a copy of the caretakers records >> collate the two so each society have a hard record of every cemetery that >> falls within their district. These records are available to anyone who >> wishes to use them, with a lot making their way on line. ... >> > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 091220-1, 20/12/2009 > Tested on: 20/12/2009 23:48:47 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > >