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Topic: Canwick Road Cemetery - Lincoln (Read 1229 times)
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pejay
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Hi there, a few years ago I was looking for my grandfather's grave in the St Swithins part, I found an address and phone no which proved extremely useful. the address is - Crematorium and Cemetaries general enquiries, Washingborough Road, Lincoln, sorry I do not have a post code, Tel 873646. The person I spoke to was extremely helpful and efficient and gave me directions to the grave and the plot no and there was no mention of a payment, he was more tham happy to help. Hope this will help. 
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Brown, Twizell, Storey & fenwick from Northumberland, Parkinson, from Lincolnshire, Kelly, Kinsella & Mcguire from Ireland.
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sallyduk
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Pejay - Thanks, I will try phoning & hope I'm as lucky as you were 
Glen in Tinsel Kni -
Thanks very much for your kind offer but I have looked at familyhistoryonline and the Plot No's on that site are the same as the ones I have from the LFHS Microfiche  - does this mean I do have the right Plot No's?
Sally
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Pejay, I have now phoned and waiting for them to phone back with details of the plot numbers ;-)
Glen in Tinsel Kni, I checked my fiche for your George Chambers and it has Plot No. B794 which is the same as the one you have from the Cemetery Register I'm confused now
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sallyduk
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I think you're right....
I have found a George Graby buried in 1896 ( Plot B793) but can only see an Eliza who was buried in 1888 at Plot C1882.
My mistake, I thought I had ordered MI's but maybe there aren't any for such a large cemetery?
Thanks again for your help.
Regards
Sally
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Glen in Tinsel Kni
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There are certainly LFHS transcriptions of the MI's at the central library in Lincoln, i have used them myself several times but as mentioned before the reference numbers are different to the plot numbers.
The main benefit of the MI's (dor me anyway) has been to point me in the right direction for a few death dates, eg the George Chambers mentioned before.
The MI lists were compiled a few years ago (late 1970's) and show what appears on the headstone, due to the time they were completed several stones are now missing or ilegible.
The George Chambers headstone for instance is no longer there but crucially it mentioned his age, that tallied with the Cemetery Register result (which also gave his residence) and i was able to order the certificate and prove he was my grt g/f. Add in the B793 George Chambers + B794 reference for George Graby and it meant i could locate the plot which would otherwise be unmarked and almost impossible to find.
It tied up a nice little story for the two Georges' were not only b-i-l to each other but lived in the same houses/streets for at least forty years and were witnesses on certificates etc for each other.
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Elmer family of Norfolk, Lincoln and Brentford areas.
Chambers families of Lincolnshire
Goulson families of Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Wisconsin and California
Hay family Lincolnshire,Northumberland and Middlesex
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sallyduk
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Hi Glen in Tinsel Kni
Many thanks for this info - I will see if I can get to the library for the MI's and then use my fiche for the Plot No's
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sallyduk
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Many thanks to all who helped me on finding plot no's at the cemetery.
I managed to find time to go yesterday and after about an hour of looking I came across one of the gravestones I was looking for - I was delighted and also lucky as it had 4 people mentioned on the one gravestone
The other 2 gravestones I asked the groundsmen for some help and they were extremely helpful and showed me where they were.
I now have another grave to look for so will attempt that one on another sunny day
Thanks again for everyones help.
Sally
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