Can I just say, I never said it was simple, but if you get the internment record you can normally (with a little bit of knowledge) discover whether or not you will find a headstone on the grave ...... basically I have found if it says it is a common grave it meant there was no headstone on it, but you could still find where the person was buried.... but the grave might not just have your ancestors in it .... haha Im starting to wish I hadnt answered the request now .... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth Morgan" <morgangareth36@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Glam" <glamorgan-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [GLA] Request > Hello David > > It all depends on who you talk to when you visit. There used to be an > office there with the records (probably closed by now). However if there > is a gravedigger around I find it always pays to have a word with them. > They can usually put you on the right track. Another important factor > regarding graves are the ownsership of them. The council normally has an > address of the person who bought the grave as well as who is intered in > the grave and when. > > Gareth > > I will echo what Evelyn has said about gravestones/headstones and all > other > details but it is not so simple. > > There are two distinct cemeteries within the Treorchy complex. The 'new' > cemetery is the 'lawn' type. Most of those burials will have some form of > identification. > > In the 'old' cemetry there are large gravestones, many of which have > collapsed in to the ground, or are now laying quite flat, or there are > 'flat' graves with just an urn with a name. > > With the large headstones it took me much time to find just one stone and > I > had a head start since my mum knew the approximate location. But there are > hundreds of these in each plot and on quite steep slopes - the cemetry is > built on the mountain-side. > > My family have all these types plus one great-great grand-mother (IIRC) > who > did not wish for any headstone at all - her grand-daughter, as my mum > relates spent many hours trying to locate the burial to no avail. > > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message