Family History researchers love cemeteries – and the search for ancestor’s gravestones. Sometimes we are not so lucky as we finally find the final resting place – to find – no gravestone to honour the memory of a life. The information on a gravestone can provide information for our research, including full name, death date, birth place and other family members. Epitaphs and decorations on the gravestone will also be of interest.
There are many resources now available to help us access cemeteries
and gravestone information. It was
interesting to do a search on “grave” in our catalogue to find over 200 results
from the search, many of them fiction. Of
course, I encourage a personal visit yourself if possible but failing this,
look for records on your cemetery or grave site of interest.
Locally.
In our collection we have the Donnybrook Kal Kallo graveinscriptions (which can be accessed online)
Grave Concerns is the regular
newsletter of the Friends of Queenstown CemeteryGold, Graves and Glory 1840-1880 by Jackie French
Ancestry have a number of useful collections including
Australian Cemetery Index 1808-2007 and content from Find A Grave .
Find a Grave has international content including Australia, but very USA biased. Check out the celebrity graves for a distraction.
Australian CemeteriesBillion Graves
Gravestone Symbolism
Tips for photographing gravestones
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