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Old 06-04-2012, 04:28 PM
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Default East Cemetery

Ok, so I'm going to become a real bore on this topic

I've now had a look at the Cemeteries Management Committee minutes for January, how sad am I on a bank holiday. The issue was discussed and basically the council want, at some time, to put the info on their own website, and charge. This will encourage descendants to identify their grave and come and visit Amble, after paying to find out where the grave is. Most likely there will be no headstone or it will be flat on its face.
Alternatively they can do as I did when I was taking an Australian second cousin on a tour of where her grandfather and his ancestors had lived and died. Got the info from Woodhorn, free, parked the car and walked around the cemetery taking photos.
The Council are never going to make putting the data on the website a priority and they could achive the objective of bringing visitors by allowing the info to go onto the AMble and District website.
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