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Title: Rookwood Cemetery look up please
Post by: carol8353 on Wednesday 13 May 09 09:16 BST (UK)

Does anyone have access to the Rookwood C of E cemetery records please?

I am interested in Henry Sandford who died age 83 on 5th April 1916 at the Rookwood asylum,and was buried at the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.

For more info on this chap see my thread...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,378794.0.html

I am not 100% he IS my Henry Sandford/Sanford yet, so need all the info I can find  8)

Thanks

Carol

Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery look up please
Post by: cando on Wednesday 13 May 09 10:03 BST (UK)

You would have to contact the Rookwood Anglican Cemetery for his burial record.  He is not listed as having a headstone on the CD of MI transcriptions.

 
http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/

The good news is the new grave search facility that will be available on their website soon.


Cheers
Cando

Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery look up please
Post by: carol8353 on Wednesday 13 May 09 10:10 BST (UK)

The good news is the new grave search facility that will be available on their website soon.


Thanks Cando- hopefully 'soon' is really soon  ;D


Carol

Title: Re: Rookwood Cemetery look up please
Post by: cando on Wednesday 13 May 09 10:52 BST (UK)

Carol you could contact them directly however I think I recall there was a fee for research.  Could be wrong....often am ;)

Cheers
Cando