My first Gravehunt!!!

[andrewalston]

When off hunting headstones, I find it very useful to take a photo of the nameboard of the church or cemetery.

Especially important if you visit more than one cemetery in a day (my record is seven on a trip to Nova Scotia). They seem to blur togetther in your memory otherwise.

[weste]

I think taking a photo of the board is a good idea, i did at one i went that i wa n't familiar with.  It also gave me an idea of where abouts i 'd taken some photos , let alone the contact number and the layout.

[dobfarm]

I was doing a look up for a grave for someone on Rootchat at Bowling Cemetery Bradford but the records were kept at Scholesmoor cemetery admin. I gave the lady the info and she came back with a detailed map of the section and number at Bowling. As we got chatting about the weather a some news on the radio with a bit of laughter, then after she looked at the map and said! I shouldn't really!! but I'll show you where the section is and out we went, got too the section and it was full of tall big posh grave stones-Great!. Then she said I'll leave you now to study your map.

Well I held the map walked up & down, around & a round but could find the location and after a hour looking for it! **BANG!** It dawned on me I was in Scholesmoor cemetery not Bowling. DUH!! Dumb and Dumber (Me!)

When I got too Bowling eventually there was only a few poor type grave tombstones in the section in a big near empty field.

Sod it! I thought!!, I left! got some fish and chips and went home.


Ps and a can of Coke!