Australian Cemetery Headstones and War Memorials
If you have done the hard yards and walked through waist high grass amidst tumbling down headstones in a lonely cemetery in the country to find the grave of a relative, then you will certainly appreciate a service which makes this a choice rather than a necessity.
For free digital photographs of headstones in cemeteries in Victoria and for a few cemeteries in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales, as well as a selection of War Memorials in Victoria and New South Wales, visit Carol’s Headstone Photographs:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~
Even if you don’t know which cemetery your relative is buried in, you can just enter the surname in the search option at the bottom of the page to bring up a list of cemeteries which the name appears in. If you can’t find the name in the list, then they are either not buried there, or they have no headstone.In this case you will need to contact the individual Cemetery Trust.
McFARLANE Lillias – Carisbrook Cemetery, Victoria
I searched Carisbrook cemetery in Victoria for the surname McFarlane and found “McFARLANE Lillias”.I then emailed Carol quoting the name and the cemetery and she sent me the photograph by email.As you can see in the photograph the headstone has broken in half but is still resting on the grave. Although the name of Lillias McFarlane (died November 29, 1883) is clearly visible, the inscription for her husband (Duncan?) has broken in half with the stone and is difficult to make out.His name therefore did not appear in the index. Doing a general search on “McFarlane” brought up 35 separate listings in the Cemetery Index, another 14 for “MacFarlane” and there are numerous other spellings and sept names that could be searched on. The index even shows up instances where the name McFarlane has been included as a middle name.Why not check the list for one of your relatives?
I found the turnaround time amazingly fast – Carol usually sends them the same day or within one or two days. Remember this is a voluntary service though, so response times may vary. Please don’t forget to thank Carol for providing this fabulous service.
The site is regularly updated and Carol posts updates on her blog at: http://carolsheadstonephotographs.blogspot.com/
