At the conclusion of a Twitter chat on #ANZAncestryTime my head was buzzing with memories of cemeteries, monuments, tombstones and graveyard visits and tales. What an opportunity this provides for a genea-meme!
As family historians and genealogists many of us have visited a wide range of cemeteries in the pursuit of ancestors' graves. At other times we have attended funerals and memorial services. All of these experiences are worth recording.
If you would like to participate, below are some suggested headings for a blog post. Please feel free to add your own or modify/omit to suit your purpose. In order to refrain from the maudlin, I've started with the beautifully tended cemetery and suggest ending with a humorous tale. There were a few humorous incidents recalled on the Twitter chat but this one from Sharn provided much amusement.
Scary experience for others while my husband was restoring the headstone at Cooroy Cemetery. being a very hot day, and with no one around, my husband stripped to his undies to do the work and suddenly a funeral procession arrived.... #ANZAncestryTime
— Sharn White (@SharnWhite) October 20, 2020
I look forward to reading a great variety of experiences and viewing the accompanying photos. Please add a link to your blog post in the comments below and I will list them all in a blogpost.
- A beautifully tended plot or cemetery
- Overawed by the size
- Coldest (temperature wise!)/ hottest
- Smallest - most intimate
- Largest - tombstone or graveyard
- Most memorable, monumental or unforgettable
- Oldest grave found or oldest established cemetery visited
- Tribute memorial/building/experience
- Simple marker
- The unexpected
- Best find ever
- Locals lived here
- At the crematorium
- Closest relatives are buried here e.g. parents, sibling/s
- Most humorous incident
Herein lies Ben Bowery
Left his girls without a dowry
Size of the cemetery or the stone? Or personal choice??
ReplyDeleteAll are personal choice, tried to leave them open to interpretation.
DeleteThis is great Carmel. Blog post coming
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Thank you, Chris
Looking forward to seeing the responses..
Here's my response Carmel...it was fun!
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Thanks, added https://www.carmelgalvin.info/2020/10/anzancestrytime-cemeteries-and-graphics.html
DeleteI had so much fun completing the challenge this morning - thanks for the opportunity.
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Excellent, added here https://www.carmelgalvin.info/2020/10/anzancestrytime-cemeteries-and-graphics.html
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