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

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

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.

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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.

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 Records
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.

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 the 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.

The indexing of this collection was undertaken by volunteers in the USA. An Australian manuscript date entry of 3/5 (meaning 3 May) may therefore appear as 5 March when indexed by someone in America. Caution should therefore be exercised on the reliability of dates in the index.

Related Websites
Cemetery Inscriptions in Sydney Branch Library, 1800-1960

Related Wiki Articles

 * Australia
 * Australia Cemeteries

Citation for This Collection
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Citation Example for Records Found in This Collection
"Cemetery Inscriptions in Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, 1800-1960." database and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 14 March 2012), Fanny Marie Manining, 22 Sept 1841; citing Sydney Branch, Cemetary Records, FHL microfilm 41,171,117; Sydney Branch Geneological Library, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia.