Hello Edward and all, I will be staying at Lochinver during my visit to Assynt. I am interested in the war memorial as I have a relative John McLeod who died during the 1st World War. The local people will be able to direct me to the memorial I am sure. He is buried at Inchnadamph, where I will also be visiting. Does the memorial show people from the rest of Assynt? As I'm only in the area for three days, and will be showing my daughter & granddaughter the area, there's not too much I can do as far as helping with clean-up, but I will certainly be taking pictures with my digital of the two graveyards. Marion ----- Original Message ----- From: <Epaxton@aol.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:39 AM Subject: Re: [SUT] RE POSH PHOTOGRAPHY > Hi all > > Could I just add to what Christine said, that it was fun taking the pics and > discovering lost stones, etc. There's quite a bit of work to be done to the > graveyard at Lochinver to cut down bushes that have been allowed to push over > gravestones and fences. I was told there is a gardener, but I think the job > consists of cutting the grass and that's it. There are a huge number of flat > stones and stones that have fallen over. > > I found circa 75 stones NOT in C&R, although many were blank (something > inscribed on the other side?) and took something like 250 pics. - some are not > perfect, but......... > > There are a lot of graves (depressions on the grass quite obvious) which have > no stone. The graveyard is now closed, and a new one has been created at > Stoer - that makes 3 graveyards there now. > > I also photographed the local church buildings and war memorial. The churches > show what the effects of the disruption were, and the war memorial can also > provide clues to the resting place of kin. Not surprisingly, as they were so > poor, I didn't find my own kin's gravestones in the graveyard in Lochinver, but > I found 2 references to relatives on the war memorial. I was also given a > couple of clues as to where the lair records might be - previously, I'd been told > by the Council that they couldn't be found! > > We didn't want to leave when yesterday arrived............envious of all of > you now about to set off on your own visits!! Enjoy....... > > edward > Limpsfield, Surrey > Using Norton Anti-Virus 2003 > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >