Tag Archives: Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has relaunched its website at http://www.cwgc.org. As part of the new site the interface for the Search for War Dead page has been expanded – in addition to previous search parameters you can now also search … Continue reading →

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Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland Ohio

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

The Woodland Cemetery is  designed in the style of a New England Cemetery.  Over sixty acres of land are rich with history dating from before the Civil War.  Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland, Ohiois a corporation dedicated to the restoration and preservation … Continue reading →

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Lakeview Cemetery USA

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Lakeview Cemetery has over 100,000 burials and most are searchable. http://www.webcemeteries.com/lakeviewcemetery/search.asp The Lake View Cemetery Association is a provider of interment services to all races and religions.  It is committed to preserving the cemetery, a nationally recognized landmark, as an … Continue reading →

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Australian cemeteries

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

A name search of the following site for regional cemeteries in South Australia may be useful to some.  The Mt Barker cemetery information has recently been extensively upgraded and checked http://www.dcmtbarker.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=610  The Mount Barker Cemetery was officially opened in the early 1850′s … Continue reading →

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West Cemetery, Darlington, England

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Darlington Historical Society is currently recording West Cemetery and the results so far can be viewed on http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety   Click on West Cemetery Headstones at the left of the Home page. There are plans of the cemetery to help you locate your … Continue reading →

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Laser Scan Study of a Cemetery in Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

A Roman Catholic cemetery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (see photo) has been undergoing intense scrutiny from landscape specialists using sophisticated probes and devices in the first survey of its kind in an area Catholic cemetery. Like a patient having a computed tomography scan, … Continue reading →

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Adelaide Cemeteries, South Australia

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

Recently a group of cemeteries in Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia, have released their burial registers on the internet.  The link below includes West Terrace Cemetery (the original Adelaide cemetery and the oldest continually operated cemetery in … Continue reading →

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In From the Cold website for war grave cemeteries

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Now this might tax your imagination!   Go to  http://www.infromthecold.org/war_grave_cemeteries.asp?from=search (this is a genuine website) In the ‘Search’ option enter ‘Cores End‘. Then click on ‘Aerial View’. Enlarge the photo and you see it is an Air Canada aircraft!  Thanks to Peter Underwood … Continue reading →

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