General Chat

In my younger fitter days I used to go black-berrying round the local cemetery and if I was feeling down, I would stop to read the stones of the brave boys killed in WW!.
Not one of them reached the age of 21

All the rich important people are buried next to the church and the boys are in a valley which often turns into a neglected meadow in summer.

Today, we went to our County Town and took the opportunity to stroll along the river bank. Spotting some old buildings, we went to investigate what turned out to be the Bishop's Palace and attached parish church.

OH's reaction?

"Oh gawd! A graveyard! She's in her element again :-0 "

:-D :-D :-D

years ago i started my family history with a grave yard search which i found out my great gran parents ..my gramps brothers and familys.....
my partner takes me to local ones as i dont drive ..
its amazing place and so peace full. meet loads of other people doing the same as me if your local where people come from in search of family ..

We had a facinating few hours in a cemetery in Port Arlingtonin Southern Ireland, looking for Grandparents headstones.
We never did find them sadly, they died in the 1930s and my Dad had no idea where they were. It was an interesting visit looking at the epic memorials which were in there.

Many had photos of the family loved ones on them, there were all sorts of ornaments, etc on them and beside them.
I have never seen such huge and expensive stones, most of which were for people who had died in the last 50 years or so. I have never seen this in England.

My Son was only 7 or 8 at the time and daughter 14 and even they did not moan or groan the whole time we were there :-)

Teresa

Spanisheyes- could this be the place?

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-500/461_parks/cemetery_park/contact_cemetery_park.aspx

There is a contact link if you wanted to ask them

With all this talk about visiting Cemetries I wonder if anyone knows the cemetery in east London not far from the Mile End Station. My grandfather Albert Edgar Ford was burried there but I cannot find it. I was told by someone some years ago that it has been closed for many years. If this is so, what would happen to all the remains and the head stones?

My OH has no interest whatsoever in my interest in the past unless it is sport and world history.

Bridget in Spain
18.24 hrs.

my old man make me laugh his happy to take me to any cemetery i want to go to that is not in how eara so he mostley take me to the long drive ones i carnt get to.
his then happy to let me get on with it the only thing is he dont get out the car he drive behind me and then panecks when i didaper behind the head stones LOL

I can honestly say no, not from family. My OH may get a glazed look when I talk of the past but he is quite happy for me to delve into grave yards.......he probably thinks it's to do with vampires anyway :-D Seriously OH isn't or at least wasn't interested in my hobby but has never seen it as strange and does encourage me.

The rest of my strange family are also doing their trees so no problem there.

I do get strange looks from outsiders when I'm happy to find a memorial in the 1800's but hey I get strange looks anyway so why worry :-D

Yes, I tend to photgraph any with the family surname and have managed to trace a link on some afterwards.

My OH used to laugh when I first went, but then we found some of his rellies and he got more interested. Some stones had been placed flat around the edge of a graveyard and were very overgrown with soil and grass. Without thinking he said we would have to come back......with a spade!!! lol He realised how that would look and decided maybe a trowel instead!!

I must say it annoys me that they lay the stones flat for the frost and weather to wear them away more quickly.

When I go I take my hubby and son of 12 and they both help me to look for the surnames and they are not into geonology

We also take NOTEBOOK and CAMERA

THE PHOTO'S HAVE REALLY COME IN USEFULL

My husband isn't interested in FH. But he will look round grave yards with me come snow rain or shine. We have a couple of times had a run out for my birthday to a cemetery I have always wanted to go to in another county!! At work they say only you would want to do that. Well now I know I'm not the only one .

I get alot of stick off the family my young children laugh at me especially in the winter when i wear my woolie hat(it gets cold in those cemetrys) and take my camara,note book and so on.

Winter is the best time to go for those graves unreadable in the summer with thorns and bushes in the way.

The worst thing is to get there (like i did in Ripon) and most of the head stones are lent against a wall in stacks or they are floor stones and the grass has been aloud to grow over them. :-(

Long before becoming interested in geneology,I loved graveyards,in fact,there was once a house for sale on a property program on telly and I thought it a wonderful place to live. Well,your nieghbours are quiet arn't they?

Lesley C,the church you mentioned must be Mount St Mary's at Spinkhill,I know it well. Some of my OH's ancestors lived in Killamarsh,perhaps a relation?

hi all
i love to visit graveyards
if anyone as anyone in in wainfleet all saints
or
wainfleet st mary
i will go and have alook for you
but please pm me with details

Only last weekend my husband and I made a three hour trip each way to Boreham in Essex to photograph some of my ancestors, under the trees, covered in ivy and brambles but hey who cares, it was very productive and I got some nice photographs, some of the information is not contained on the censuses as it happened (birth and death) between censuses.

The Revd of the church was very helpful even though he was just about to start a service, I didn't ask him he offered.

My OH always comes with me whenever
i go looking for someones grave ..he not that intrested in genealogy
but we will go and find a grave for someone that is buried in my area and take a photo of the grave and send them the pitcure.
Hazelx

Hi Matthew. My five years old grandson told his teacher that my nan plays with the dead people and that last week granndad took his nan to see the dead people. We had a great week looking round Aston Tirrold and Tetsworth graveyard just to name 2 of them that we when too.
We do get some funny looks when we are out and he shout out have you played with the dead people to day nan
Sandy :-)

It is my father's fault - as a child visiting gfather's grave to tidy - he would leave my Mum to do and wonder off with me aged 7-8 reading headstones!

About 14 years ago I produced on my Christmas wish list details of 6 -7 death certs I wanted. Dau said morbid not buying - I pointed out my hobby.

I did get them but not from her.

A sunny afternoon some years ago in a village churchyard - found several family graves but lichen was thick over one inscription so OH has his penknife out gently going over when verger rushes out - he was very helpful and got out plan/list of thye churchyard.

Re cleaning Grave stones,Try Screenwash,spray it on and wipe with a cloth or sponge.pretty good.

I used to spend hours mooching through graveyards in England, irrespective of whether I hoped to "find" anyone there.
Went on holiday to Spain with a like minded friend one year & we spent several hours in the cemetery in Nerja.
Obsessed or what?