Hello Anne Maitland cemetery is an extremely large place and not a safe place for anyone to wonder around and look at tombstones. Your best bet is to engage in the services of a private researcher who will go to the Cape Metropolitan Council in Cape Town where the plot cards for this cemetery and various others are kept. The plot cards and burial registers give a complete different account of the information on the deceased. If the tombstone stone gives two or three peoples names - you sometimes find on the plot card that there are a couple of other bodies buried their as well but they get no mention on the tombstone. This is classic case of stillbirths, infant deaths or perhaps at a time when the family had no money to add extra engraving onto the tombstone. The registers will give the person age, cause of death, address, which section of the cemetery they are buried eg : Catholic, Jewish, Anglican etc and who owns the plot and whether it is a single plot, double or family grave. It will also tell you if they were buried as a pauper or not. Kind regards Heather Heather MacAlister Web Site Manager for: www.familytree.co.za + www.ancestry.mweb.co.za E-Centre 46 Hof Street Gardens 8001 Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-21-481-8316 Fax: +27-21-481-8333 -----Original Message----- From: Anne Andrews [mailto:anne_j_andrews@yahoo.com.au] Sent: 15 August 2005 02:58 AM To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] MAITLAND CEMETERY When researching Maitland Cemetery on the internet there is not alot of info. Are there people who will do lookups in this Cemetery? My Great Grandfather & his wife are buried there. Sir Thomas Muir 1844-1934 , Lady Margaret Muir 1843-1919. I have a distant relative that has photos of the Headstones but will not share with anyone so I was hoping I could find out if they were undamaged & still viewable. Thanks Anne Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books www.sagenealogy.co.za ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx