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*The original Jewish cemetery was in Westmount quarry. The graves are still there, but there is now an active Jewish cemetery next to Mont à l'Abbé new cemetery in Tower Road. | *The original Jewish cemetery was in Westmount quarry. The graves are still there, but there is now an active Jewish cemetery next to Mont à l'Abbé new cemetery in Tower Road. | ||
*There was briefly a Quaker cemetery in Patriotic Place (there is now a multi-storey car park on the site). Those buried in the cemetery were disinterred and reburied in La Croix cemetery at Grouville. | *There was briefly a Quaker cemetery in Patriotic Place (there is now a multi-storey car park on the site). Those buried in the cemetery were disinterred and reburied in La Croix cemetery at Grouville. | ||
*There is a specifically non-conformist cemetery, Macpéla, next to the Grande Route de St Jean in St John, and it is still operational. | *There is a specifically non-conformist cemetery, Macpéla, next to the Grande Route de St Jean in St John, and it is still operational. Other such cemeteries - Union Cemetery (next to the St Martin Arsenal), and those next to Philadelphie Methodist Church (St Peter) and St Ouen Methodist Church - are no longer used. <br> | ||
*Next to the old Jewish cemetery at Westmount was the Strangers' Cemetery. This was used to bury those who had no family on the island. | *Next to the old Jewish cemetery at Westmount was the Strangers' Cemetery. This was used to bury those who had no family on the island. | ||
Outside St Helier, the original churchyards were supplemented by parochial cemeteries at St Saviour, St Clement, Grouville (La Croix), St Martin, Trinity, St John, St Brelade and St Lawrence. In most cases these cemeteries are adjacent to the churchyards, but La Croix is about a third of a mile from Grouville Church. | Outside St Helier, the original churchyards were supplemented by parochial cemeteries at St Saviour, St Clement, Grouville (La Croix), St Martin, Trinity, St John, St Brelade and St Lawrence. In most cases these cemeteries are adjacent to the churchyards, but La Croix is about a third of a mile (600 m) from Grouville Church. | ||
== War graves == | == War graves == | ||
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Records of all Church of England Burials up to 1842 are a key part of the CIFHS parish records collection held at Jersey Archive (a copy of these records is also available at the Société Jersiaise library at Pier Road). Beyond this date records are available for burials at St Brelade (to 1882), St Martin (to 1960) and St John (to 1984). | Records of all Church of England Burials up to 1842 are a key part of the CIFHS parish records collection held at Jersey Archive (a copy of these records is also available at the Société Jersiaise library at Pier Road). Beyond this date records are available for burials at St Brelade (to 1882), St Martin (to 1960) and St John (to 1984). | ||
Copies of memorial inscriptions for St Peter and Trinity churchyards and Green Street cemetery are also available at the Jersey Archive. | Copies of memorial inscriptions for St Mary, St Peter and Trinity churchyards and Green Street cemetery are also available at the Jersey Archive. | ||
The Parish of St Clement created its own online database of burials in the churchyard and parochial cemetery: it can be accessed via [ | The Parish of St Clement created its own online database of burials in the churchyard and parochial cemetery: it can be accessed via [http://www.stclementschurch.org.je/ the St Clement Church website]. | ||
<br> | Among the non-conformist cemeteries, listings for St Ouen Methodist, Philadelphie and Union cemeteries are available at the Jersey Archive, as are records for the Quaker cemetery and Macpéla. The Macpéla records run up to as late as 2003.<br> | ||
In addition to this, a member of the CIFHS, Vic Geary, has worked with the St Helier Parks and Gardens department (the department responsible for maintaining cemeteries in St Helier) and has transcribed all available cemetery records for Almorah and Mont à l'Abbé as far as 1949. These records include both the names of individuals buried and also the owners of plots. Vic's research folders are held at Jersey Archive. | |||
Aside from cemetery records, the Jersey Archive received a substantial collection in 2009 from a local undertaker which included books of accounts and funeral records from seven constituent companies; the oldest of these go back to about 1820. A team of volunteers is transcribing the names of those buried, and this list will be added to the [http://search.jerseyheritage.org/ Jersey Archive OPAC]. It will thus be possible to at least identify if a person either died here or was buried here, allowing users to request the fuller record from the actual book. | |||
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