On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:55:06 +1000, magsdags <magsdags@internode.on.net> wrote: >Hi List, > >Would anyone be able to help fill in the blank words that I could not >read on my convict ancestor's headstone that I found on a recent trip to >Tasmania dated 1819? (snip) You didn't think to mention the cemetery place and the name and death date of the person? I mention this as some old cemeteries have been transcribed many years ago and the detail may be available from transcriptions where the stone has subsequently weathered to an illegible state. I have see one example of this with a headstone at a Ryde, Sydney churchyard where without an old Society of Australian Genealogists transcript the words would be lost. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www.eldridgegenealogy.org Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000s at my Web site *Wanted* Any Eldridge related information
Robert G Eldridge wrote: > On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:55:06 +1000, magsdags > <magsdags@internode.on.net> wrote: > > His name was Samuel Free from the Second Fleet, he died June 3rd, 1819. He is not buried in a Cemetery, the Headstones from the convicts from Norfolk Island that were sent to Tasmania have their headstones placed on a memorial wall in St. Davids Park, Hobart. I have two on this wall from Norfolk Island, the other one was in a lot better condition than Samuels. Kind Regards, Mags Townsville. >> Hi List, >> >> Would anyone be able to help fill in the blank words that I could not >> read on my convict ancestor's headstone that I found on a recent trip to >> Tasmania dated 1819? >> > (snip) > > You didn't think to mention the cemetery place and the name and death > date of the person? > > I mention this as some old cemeteries have been transcribed many years > ago and the detail may be available from transcriptions where the > stone has subsequently weathered to an illegible state. > > I have see one example of this with a headstone at a Ryde, Sydney > churchyard where without an old Society of Australian Genealogists > transcript the words would be lost. > >