Sharon, you might make this contact to get direct info: diocesanoffice@clogherdiocese.ie. I'd guess that every church would have a cemetery. Searching for cemeteries and Catholic churches with Google Maps in the area didn't produce much. Peter On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Sharon Connor wrote: > Brilliant, Peter. I'm a huge fan and user of Find A Grave, and in fact I > volunteer grave-photography here in San Diego. It's very rewarding. But I > never thought to advise/suggest others to do likewise! I think Find A > Grave is quickly becoming a major research tool for us. > > I would like to know the main RC cemeteries in Donaghmoyne. Would you know? > > I think I will take your lead and suggest to folks in Kingston, Ontario, to > do post their ancestors. Almost all of my ancestors from Counties Cork, > Monaghan and Donegal first settled in Kingston area. > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Peter Trainer <ptrainer@optonline.net>wrote: > >> Many of us know of the Find A Grave website: >> http://www.findagrave.com/index.html. For those on this list who are not >> yet familiar with it, it's a site that allows anyone to post detailed >> gravesite info with photos. It's hugely successful, with 150,000 users/day >> accessing a database of 97,000,000 graves, mostly in the US. In IE, >> particularly in Monaghan, not so much. >> >> If volunteers in Ireland started posting more graves, it would be a >> tremendous help to family researchers with Irish ancestry everywhere. >> Posting your family members' graves could start a wave of postings to this >> very helpful resource. It's really pretty easy. >> >> For Ireland research, click on "Search 97 million grave records" in the >> above link, then enter at least a last name and select Ireland from the >> country list, along with birth and death year parameters if desired. While >> counties Dublin & Louth seem to have a lot of postings, Monaghan does not. >> Here are a few of the Monaghan cemeteries represented-- >> >> St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (only 34 graves): >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2305599 >> >> Broomfield Old Cemetery (only 9 graves): >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2226961 >> >> Tedavnet Cemetery (only 5 graves): >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2483415 >> >> St. McCartin's Cathedral Cemetery (only 6 graves): >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2467361 >> >> So take a look, Monaghan list members who are not yet familiar with the >> site--try posting a handful of graves with photos of the markers. Many are >> drawn into the process, knowing all the good it does and end up posting >> hundreds or thousands. These death records that are carved in stone are >> the most reliable! >> >> >> Peter Trainer >> ================================= >> >> Message Boards: >> http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ================================= > > Message Boards: > http://www.igp-web.com/boards.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MONAGHAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message