Hi All. I took a trip to my state library today to research my gggrandparents graves (John Marshall & Mary Marshall (nee Forsyth). They were buried in a Family Vault Devonshire Cemetery. After looking up records in the Johnston & Sainty burial ground register, found 4 others that I did not know were buried in the vault. (Exhumation Permit was issued to their daughter) 3 of the 4 I have in my tree. However there is a James McNeil death 1878 of Wahroonga also listed (no age). This name did not ring any bells so I came home to research him. But there are no deaths for that year. Did his death simply not get registered??? So then I thought I would do a look up at Rookwood. Nothing!!! Not even my ggggrandparents are listed there but are listed on my Rookwood Cemetery disc. However no others that were in the Vault are listed on the disc. Why is this?? (PS also looked up the Rookwood Necropolis site) Is there another cemetery in Rookwood?? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks Hayley

Hayley, NSW BDM lists a death for a James McNEILL (with a double "L") in 1878 - death registered Sydney, parents Abraham/Mary, reg no 2011. Could this be the missing James ? You mentioned you looked up the Rookwood Necropolis website and asked if there was another cemetery in Rookwood. No, only one cemetery at Rookwood - it's huge and the various denominations have their own websites. Anglican and general section (have recently put online their search facility) http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/ Independent section (covers Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Salvation Army, Lutheran, etc) http://www.rookwoodindependent.com.au/index.aspx Jewish section http://www.rookwoodjewishcemetery.com.au/ Roman Catholic http://www.catholiccemeteries.org.au/ These sites should give all burials at Rookwood - the CD only lists burials where there are headstones. Cremations aren't covered at all (but these are much later than dates you're interested in) HTH Alison :-) Sydney Oz ---------------- Hayley wrote: > Hi All. > > I took a trip to my state library today to research my gggrandparents graves > (John Marshall & Mary Marshall (nee Forsyth). They were buried in a Family > Vault Devonshire Cemetery. After looking up records in the Johnston & > Sainty burial ground register, found 4 others that I did not know were > buried in the vault. (Exhumation Permit was issued to their daughter) 3 > of the 4 I have in my tree. However there is a James McNeil death 1878 of > Wahroonga also listed (no age). This name did not ring any bells so I came > home to research him. But there are no deaths for that year. Did his death > simply not get registered??? > > > > So then I thought I would do a look up at Rookwood. Nothing!!! Not even my > ggggrandparents are listed there but are listed on my Rookwood Cemetery > disc. However no others that were in the Vault are listed on the disc. > Why is this?? (PS also looked up the Rookwood Necropolis site) Is there > another cemetery in Rookwood?? > >