Another fine project by Volunteers and the NSW State Archives
- Nine thousand, Five hundred and Fifty-nine entries.
index contains the following fields: surname, first name, date of death, cemetery where reinterred, number, and citation. However details provided in the original register include: number, name of deceased, date of death, cemetery where re-interred, (with division, section, and number), name and address of person to whom exhumation permit issued, and remarks (with the names of others the deceased were reinterred with).
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/devonshire-street-cemetery-reinterment-index Some tips …. When using the search engine
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/search_form?id=89 If for example you already know which cemetery for your ancestor, just enter it under the heading ‘Cemetery where reinterred’ and then click on ‘Number’ to sort all with the same ‘number’ … so if you enter ‘Rookwood’ and then click to order it to sort by ‘number’ it will display by number (DOS numbering !) and then within each ‘number’ will be those who were re-interred as part of the one family group …. So various surnames all belong within that one ‘number’ and they are then listed in alphabetical order. So for example you may find maternal grandparents, or in-laws, or others that need further research to determine how they were related…
And of course with Rookwood, and La Perouse with so many re-interments .... well perhaps best first to use the surname option to notice the 'number' allocated to your ancestor, and then to check for others with that same number...
Good Hunting
JM
