Hi Suzannah, I've spent some time in this graveyard looking at the transcriptions. The church archivist (whose name I can't of course remember) has a transcription of all the graves in the church archives. This proved very helpful for some of the hard to read stones. I believe she is also the president of the local historical society, and I will do my best to find her name if you think this would be helpful. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Suzannah Foad [mailto:suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com] Sent: August 8, 2006 9:43 AM To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IoT] Birchington Churchyard I toured Birchington Churchyard today and will type up as many as I can without going crazy before the weekend. I have covered roughly half of the Graves, I copied every readable stone. I stuck to the main entrance, later stones are here, and around the church itself, where the older stones are, the sandstone memorials have worn away. It a lovely place, quite well kept by the paths and only 30 odd graves which are completely covered by Ivy. I am not sure of the policies in this graveyard, to remove the ivy, so left these. Some stones have to be left for enviromental reasons, but no one around to ask today. I will do my best to finish the rest of the churchyard before the end of the summer. Hope your all enjoying the summer holidays Suzannah

Thanks Laura, That would be great. I was doing it for pleasure really and hoping to help others in the process. I have no ancestors there myself. Is it Jennie Burgess you mean? Thanks Suzannah ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Neame To: Suzannah Foad ; Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:50 PM Subject: RE: [IoT] Birchington Churchyard Hi Suzannah, I've spent some time in this graveyard looking at the transcriptions. The church archivist (whose name I can't of course remember) has a transcription of all the graves in the church archives. This proved very helpful for some of the hard to read stones. I believe she is also the president of the local historical society, and I will do my best to find her name if you think this would be helpful. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Suzannah Foad [mailto:suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com] Sent: August 8, 2006 9:43 AM To: Isle-of-Thanet-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IoT] Birchington Churchyard I toured Birchington Churchyard today and will type up as many as I can without going crazy before the weekend. I have covered roughly half of the Graves, I copied every readable stone. I stuck to the main entrance, later stones are here, and around the church itself, where the older stones are, the sandstone memorials have worn away. It a lovely place, quite well kept by the paths and only 30 odd graves which are completely covered by Ivy. I am not sure of the policies in this graveyard, to remove the ivy, so left these. Some stones have to be left for enviromental reasons, but no one around to ask today. I will do my best to finish the rest of the churchyard before the end of the summer. Hope your all enjoying the summer holidays Suzannah