Australia Cemeteries: Difference between revisions

Cemetery records often give more information than church burial records and may include the deceased’s name, age, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. They may also provide clues about an ancestor’s military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors who were not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women. They may also give clues to finding more information. In Australia, the first cemetery is reported to have been in Sydney in 1788.  

To find tombstone inscriptions or burial records, you must know where an individual was buried. Clues to burial places may be found in funeral notices, obituaries, church records, and death certificates. Individuals were usually buried in a church, community, or private cemetery near the place where they lived or died. Cemetery locations may be found on maps of the area. For information on maps, see the article about [[Australia Maps|Maps]]. As well, [http://auscem.com AusCem] showing all known Australian cemeteries, with geolocations.  

[http://www.australiancemeteries.com/ Australian Cemeteries] is&nbsp;a&nbsp;gateway site to all known Australian cemeteries.&nbsp; Organised be state, it may provide links to contact information, online data, home pages, look-up volunteers, undertaker's data, transcript links, headstone photographs and&nbsp;maps, if available,&nbsp;for each cemetery listed. Various types of cemetery records are available on&nbsp;[http://www.coraweb.com.au/cemetaus.htm http://www.coraweb.com.au/cemetaus.htm].&nbsp;<br>Often, this information has been transcribed, indexed, and published and is found in manuscripts and books in libraries and archives. The Family History Library has copies of some of these books.&nbsp;