Posted by admin on January 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A great website resource called History from Headstones allows you to search the largest collection of online gravestone inscriptions in Northern Ireland.
The History From headstones database contains over 50,000 inscriptions from over 800 graveyards in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
Graveyards are outdoor museums and the most accessible source for studying the local [...]
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Posted by admin on August 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Okney Family History Society have ongoing projects to catalogue all of the graveyards of mainland Orkney and the surrounding islands.
Some of these sites have been completed and are now available in booklet form or members can view the details on the website.
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