Day Two: LOCKDOWN 27 March 2020.
Take the challenge to explore and add information on Findagrave!
Yes, I do go on and on about this site, but I witness regularly the amazing connections that come from this site. The information is linked to the Ancestry, so when researchers hunt for information they get hints and links where their relatives are interred.
The Thames Findagrave sites are: Shortland, Totara and Tararu Cemeteries.
In the days leading up to lockdown, we had several requests for photographs from descendants of Thamesites interred at Shortland Cemetery. Plus a challenge to check out the status of Thames war graves as part of The NZ Remembrance Army nationwide project.
We came across some long forgotten graves, where it was suspected WWI soldier #14655 Wellington Infantry Rifles John Miln was interred.
What happened next was amazing, Graeme stepped in to find and clear the plot area. On the same day another request came for the adjacent grave, and soon this too was cleared.
Above: The area surrounding Plots 4142 and 4143. The challenge about to begin!
Below: John Miln's grave cleared, then some more work and John James Lee's plot revealed.
What is today's Challenge?
Do you have a relative interred at one of the Thames Cemeteries?
Select the memorial for a relative.
Do you have some more information? Where they were Born, Deceased, a photo. Are they linked to their Spouse or Parents?
For example, Here is a screenshot for JOHN BARKER's Memorial.
If this memorial wasn't under my management (Yes you need to register to be able to suggest changes), I could Click EDITS or SUGGEST EDITS and add some new information. For now for John I have updated a few things.
The other day I tried to match up some relatives of the PRICE FAMILY the REDDISH FAMILY
The list goes on, so even if they are not "YOUR FAMILY" you can still match known relatives, or I make use of ancestry trees or other family sites to add further "MATCHES".
Okay, if Thamesites aren't your thing to follow up on, Go to the main page of Findagrave and search by Surname/Memorial or Cemetery and find some names to "adopt" and add information to.
Go to it! Make one addition and you are doing your bit to help preserve the memories of those who walked this Goldfield town before US. Plus for another moment in time, they are not forgotten.
Stay Strong, Kia Kaha from The Thames
