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cemetries in Townsville

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Re: cemeteries in Townsville

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 4:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 18 Mar 2013 4:45PM GMT
Hi Kathleen,

FamilySearch are one of the big names in genealogy and has been around forever! It is free and run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have been microfilming parish records and the like for a very long time and before people had the internet in their homes they'd go to the local LDS Family History Centre (all around the world) & be able to order in microfilm of parish records, for example for a parish in England where one of their ancestors came from. And people still do too. The largest Family History Library in the world is theirs in Salt Lake City, Utah & the building is apparently impressive. People from around the world take family history holidays there because their resources (2 millions rolls of microfilm!)are incredible & the staff helpful. They are adding data to their new website all the time but some things aren't indexed yet (anyone can volunteer). You may come across a reference to the IGI (International Genealogical Index) at some stage and this belongs to them - they had it on their old website & it hasn't disappeared like some think, now it is incorporated into records & family tree data on their new website. I could go on but that is enough except to say we, the public, owe a lot to their generosity.

OK, so if you go to their website...(just Google for the site - not allowed to post most links here on these boards).
You don't have to sign in.
At the bottom of the page click on Australia & NZ.
Then click Australia, Queensland Cemetery Records, 1802-1990.
At bottom of page click on Browse through 1,162,986 images (because they are only 4% indexed at present).
Click on Qld.
Click on Townsville, Cemetery.
Scroll down & click on the surname letter you want with the cemetery you want.
Flick through the cards or type in an image no. to jump ahead.

Hope that helps.
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grosskopfl 16 Mar 2013 11:46PM GMT 
AusSugarGenie 18 Mar 2013 3:28AM GMT 
grosskopfl 18 Mar 2013 8:51PM GMT 
AusSugarGenie 18 Mar 2013 10:44PM GMT 
grosskopfl 18 Mar 2013 11:01PM GMT 
look2c 28 Mar 2013 3:13AM GMT 
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