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

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Collection Time Period
Information included covers the approximate years of 1800-1960.

Collection 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.

Population Coverage
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 Collection Was Created
This collection was created to more readily to assist in locating a grave of someone buried in New South Wales.

Collection 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.

Collection Description
Extraction information was originally entered into books, but individual entries were later transferred to cards. The cards are arranged alphabetically within each cemetery.

Collection 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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Bibliographic Information
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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