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Offline meles

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Re: Grave Hunting
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 05 August 06 08:50 BST (UK) »
Phew! ;D

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« Reply #19 on: Saturday 05 August 06 08:53 BST (UK) »
Double phew!!!!

Kerry  ;D ;D

At work the other day one of our Interpretation Officers was involved in producing a DVD of various historical fictional characters in the High Weald and one of them was talking about the black death and they filmed a quick shot around a graveyard.

When I said that would not have been correct for the black death, because generally the current stones we have are dated from round about the 1700s and in a black death situation they wouldn't have bothered anyway, it sparked an interesting discussion.  I have now become the office authority on all things dead and buried!!!!! :o :o :o

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« Reply #20 on: Saturday 05 August 06 08:54 BST (UK) »
The ONLY grave I have found in England was a gguncle - died 1935, buried in Wolvercote cemetery, Oxford.  He was a C of E priest - only had a wooden cross with a strange little triangular "hat" on top of it - don't know what that means.  But any inscription had long since disappeared from the cross, which is decaying and will fall sometime, and the grave is very overgrown by bushes.  Sad, really.  But I am not there to preserve it.  

Still, suppose I shouldn't complain - I know where many family graves are, here in Oz, both locally and in other cities, and even found a great-grandfather's grave in the bush way out West, in good order, so I suppose I haven't done too badly!

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Re: Grave Hunting
« Reply #21 on: Saturday 05 August 06 09:06 BST (UK) »
A very unusual claim to fame Kerry. 8)

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« Reply #22 on: Saturday 05 August 06 09:21 BST (UK) »
Hmm

Especially as I thought it would be obvious to these professionals!!!!!

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« Reply #23 on: Saturday 05 August 06 09:58 BST (UK) »
I went out searching today. It was a beautiful day, the cemetery was almost deserted, we got lots of help from the office & found both graves I was looking for despite there being no headstones.

My husband is an absolute wiz at finding the right grave.  I'm a hopeless navigator in the car & very similar in the cemetery. He is good at both! Although he is not a family researcher he loves photography - so I let him take the photos too  ;D  ;D

I go along for the ride!

Trish
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« Reply #24 on: Saturday 05 August 06 10:09 BST (UK) »
Goodonya, Trish!!!

You've got a good partnership there!!!  :D  :D :D :D :D

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« Reply #25 on: Saturday 05 August 06 10:38 BST (UK) »
Hi Marie - Guess I can't complain - bless him!  Little does he know he is one day going to do a Cemetery Tour of the United kingdom.

 :D   :D   :D   :D   :D   :D   :D   :D   :D   :D 

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« Reply #26 on: Saturday 05 August 06 10:39 BST (UK) »
Trish

Have you told him he coming to visit relatives and photograph them??

Kerry  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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