Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions - FamilySearch Historical Records

Collection Time Period

Information included covers the approximate years of 1800-1960. 

Record History

This cemetery transcription collection was begun approximately in 1950 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, residing primarily in New South Wales and Queensland. Most information is extracted from the monuments, but extractions from a few burial registers are included. Each cemetery was not necessarily transcribed completely. Some transcribers only did those monuments for which they had a particular interest. The majority of the cemeteries are public cemeteries with only a few churchyards transcribed. Some tombstones may not have survived. Therefore, population coverage is not comprehensive.

Why this Record Was Created

 This collection was created to more readily to assist in locating a grave of someone buried in New South Wales.

Record Reliability

Information taken from the monuments is probably fairly reliable, although it is possible that some mistakes were made in transcription. Birth information on the monuments is only as reliable as the knowledge of the person responsible for the gravestone at the time of death. 

Record Description

Extraction information was originally entered into books, but individual entries were later transferred to cards. The cards are arranged alphabetically within each cemetery.  The transcription accounts were sometimes inconsistent in their entries and the search in Record Search collection has not always succeeded because of this. Record Search is attempting to identify and improve search for all entries. The card entries have been found to succeed. 

Record Content

Some key genealogical information found in the cemetery inscriptions are:

• Name of deceased
• Names of parents
• Name of spouse
• Names of children
• When and where the deceased was born,
• When and where died,
• Source of information

How to Use the Collection

Use information from tombstones to locate death certificates which may have additional information. Also date of birth and names of parents and place of birth, if available, can be used to search for additional birth information.

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Australia Cemeteries  

Sources of This Collection 

Cemetery Inscriptions at the Sydney Branch Library, 1800-1960. Digital images housed at the Sydney Branch Library, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia.

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