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Title: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Ron Hickey on Sunday 09 April 17 22:09 BST (UK)
Have been to local council no help ,there must be a register of burials somewhere ,have see local
Undertakers register 1884-1940 all 5 Hickey family members are in it. All burials pre 1930 and all buried in Roman Catholic section , can anyone please help .


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Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Joyful on Monday 10 April 17 00:16 BST (UK)
Cootamundra has a heritage centre perhaps contacting them may help.

Also try contacting the Cootamundra Library it has been my experience that a lot of libraries

have copies of their cemetery records. I think the transcripts of the cemetery were originally

done by a Canberra group. Australian Cemetery Index should give you contact details.

Hope this is of some use, sorry I can't help further but will be out all day.

Cheers
Joy
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: rosball on Monday 10 April 17 00:27 BST (UK)
Hi Ron,
   Welcome to rootschat  ;)

This site http://www.australiancemeteries.com.au/nsw/cootamundra/cootamundragen.htm directs you to here http://familyhistoryact.org.au/index.php/research

They say they have extensive cemetery records and transcripts and give an e-mail address for queries.

Ros
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Ron Hickey on Monday 10 April 17 00:47 BST (UK)
Quote from: Joyful on Monday 10 April 17 00:16 BST (UK)
Cootamundra has a heritage centre perhaps contacting them may help.

Also try contacting the Cootamundra Library it has been my experience that a lot of libraries

have copies of their cemetery records. I think the transcripts of the cemetery were originally

done by a Canberra group. Australian Cemetery Index should give you contact details.

Hope this is of some use, sorry I can't help further but will be out all day.

Cheers
Joy

Thanks Joy
Spoke to Coota Library this morning  re: New book on cemetery they are contacting local History Society for me.
Have looked through their Library records /books and Cemetery plans but no help.

regards
Ron
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Ron Hickey on Monday 10 April 17 00:55 BST (UK)
Quote from: rosball on Monday 10 April 17 00:27 BST (UK)
Hi Ron,
   Welcome to rootschat  ;)

This site http://www.australiancemeteries.com.au/nsw/cootamundra/cootamundragen.htm directs you to here http://familyhistoryact.org.au/index.php/research

They say they have extensive cemetery records and transcripts and give an e-mail address for queries.

Ros


Hi Ros

Thanks for welcome, it's early days yet and I am persistent .

Ron
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: majm on Monday 10 April 17 01:50 BST (UK)
Welcome from me too.

I wonder if this thread would benefit from being on the Australia Board?

I will have a good look this evening (it is morning tea time here at the moment) through my hardcopy NSW records to see if I can be of help.

JM
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: majm on Monday 10 April 17 01:52 BST (UK)
https://ccansw.org.au/index.php/index.php/news-sp-629/general-news/678-cootamundra-history-society-documents-local-cemetery

The publication shows all of the writing and names of those buried in each section or those cremated which appear on the columbarium wall at the Cootamundra Cemetery.

JM
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: majm on Monday 10 April 17 05:49 BST (UK)
The book is also held at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra ACT, and State Library of NSW (Sydney) and State Library of Victoria (Melbourne). 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156689292?selectedversion=NBD47753979

As you are in Australia perhaps your public library can arrange an inter-library loan ?

JM

Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Ron Hickey on Monday 10 April 17 06:33 BST (UK)
Quote from: majm on Monday 10 April 17 05:49 BST (UK)
The book is also held at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra ACT, and State Library of NSW (Sydney) and State Library of Victoria (Melbourne). 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156689292?selectedversion=NBD47753979

As you are in Australia perhaps your public library can arrange an inter-library loan ?

JM

Thanks to you JM

How does one access the Australian Board ?
Have contacted member of Cootamundra Historical Society re there new publication on the Cootamundra Cemetery not sure if this will help as I spent several hours  photographing head stones myself and will overlay on the copy's of the cemetery plans that the library has .
As family members have no Headstones the task is a little harder but sure there must be records
some were of all persons burial locations .


regards
Ron

Thread move to Australia.
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: sharonkai on Wednesday 19 April 17 12:20 BST (UK)
Hi Ron

We have the Cootamundra Cemetery Inscriptions book that was released in 2011.  The book lists all graves with inscriptions on headstones and was transcribed by members of the local historical society.  Just to confirm, I've checked the book for the name Hickey and as you noted, there aren't any.

I think the only information you may get is from one of the funeral directors. You could try the funeral director Bruce Smith at Smith and Rinkin in Cootamundra, who may be able to help or give you some advice.  Bruce has been in Coota for many years and would be the best person to contact.  Their number is 02-69421028.

Good luck with your search.

Sharon
Title: Re: Burial location of family members in Cootamundra Cemetery New South Wales Aust.
Post by: Ron Hickey on Thursday 20 April 17 01:22 BST (UK)
Thanks Sharon
Yes I have spoken with Bruce and yes a great person he was only able to tell me the dates of the funerals and their Register number but he had not see the actual Register. With this info I was lucky enough to locate the Burial Register for Cootamundra Sept 1884 to Aug 1940 in which I also found names, dates and cost of each of my families  burials but not the locations at the Cemetery. I have contacted Bruce and advised him of the location of the Register

regards
Ron