Cornwall Memorial INscription Index

[joycelyn]

A question I hope someone can answer for me. I once found a reference to my gggrandmother, Maria Barbara Christiana Sophie Schroeder in the above index, Ref W-C-065. I have a grave site number and was told she is buried in Falmouth Old Cemetery. After searching, even with the grave site number no gravestone was found.

My question is - if gggrandmother's name is listed in the above Index does that mean someone has actually seen the gravestone or could they get this information elsewhere?

Hope this makes sense?

[wimsey]

this is the grave reference I assume A / O / 27

https://www.falmouthtowncouncil.co.u...burial-records

[Pam Downes]

The reference joycelyn found was on FMP. Details about the Index say "These records represent two decades of work by the transcribers from Cornwall Family History Society recording the details from gravestones and other memorials across the county."
I would therefore think that if there is a gravestone with an inscription the people to tell you would be Cornwall FHS.

No photos on Findagrave or Billiongraves.

Entry in Falmouth cemetery burial register.
https://www.twachronicle.com/falmouth...9/pge00105.jpg

Pam

[wimsey]

The reference joycelyn found was on FMP.

I know

[Pam Downes]

I know

My comment wasn't a dig at you, wimsey.
It was just a statement of fact, telling everyone where joycelyn had found the information. (Often knowing the precise source of information helps us to give a better reply. )

Unfortunately I am a very slow typist and take a while to double-check stuff/check extra stuff I think of at the last minute, and I was still typing after you'd posted.
Double/cross-posting of information often happens.

Pam

[joycelyn]

this is the grave reference I assume A / O / 27

https://www.falmouthtowncouncil.co.u...burial-records

Many thanks, Wimsey, that is the reference.

[joycelyn]

The reference joycelyn found was on FMP. Details about the Index say "These records represent two decades of work by the transcribers from Cornwall Family History Society recording the details from gravestones and other memorials across the county."
I would therefore think that if there is a gravestone with an inscription the people to tell you would be Cornwall FHS.

No photos on Findagrave or Billiongraves.

Entry in Falmouth cemetery burial register.
https://www.twachronicle.com/falmouth...9/pge00105.jpg

Pam

I haven't actually seen this Pam, so thank you. I found the grave reference a fair few years ago and did go looking but couldn't find a gravestone. I just wanted to confirm that the inscription had come from a stone and not a record book. Many thanks for your help.

[Pam Downes]

joycelyn,
There's a huge misunderstanding between burial registers and gravestone/memorial inscriptions. Bit like death and burial. Sort of the same, but they're not.
The tendency is that everyone thinks that because they've found where someone's buried if they visit the cemetery/churchyard they're going to find a gravestone saying 'yoo-hoo, here I am' but the reality is the opposite, with most graves not having any stones/markers.

Which is why, in this instance, you need to ask Cornwall FHS for the source of their record and if they have details of an inscription. If there is one, they may ask for a donation before they give you any details. (Compare it to the price of travelling to Falmouth and trudging round the cemetery yourself before you moan about the cost.)

Pam

[joycelyn]

Hi, it's been nearly 4 years since I placed my last post of this but I thought I would let everyone know that just a couple of weeks ago someone actually found my GGgrandmother's gravestone in Falmouth Old Cemetery. This lovely man had looked for me last Autumn and couldn't find it then, on a daily walk through the cemetery, he came across it - by a 'fluke' as he said. Good things can come to those who wait! :-)