I have received wonderful help through this site for my own family history so, in partnership with Jimf, we are attempting to photograph as much of the Cornelian Bay Cemetery as possible. If you would like a memorial transferred to you, please use the Edit tab on the memorial as this will ensure the correct memorial is transferred to you, also, please do this for each memorial you would like transferred.

There are a lot of unmarked graves in Cornelian Bay Cemetery. Some originally had headstones but over time they became damaged and were removed - an example of this is Memorial Id 212782071. It is possible the Tasmanian Family History Society - Hobart Branch may have made transcriptions.

Headstone photos completed 2024
Church of England: DZ, L, Q, QA, QB
Derwent Gardens Parklands
Friends: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Independent: A
Roman Catholic: CP
UMET: B, BB

To Do Next
Methodist, Wesley, UMET, PMET

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All burial requests we fulfill are firstly identified on a plot map. Where there are complications - an unmarked grave, the requested name doesn't appear on the headstone, the request isn't the name on the plot map - we then check the archived records for more clues to verify the burial. For unmarked graves we are now noting in the caption of the photo the method we have used to best identify the location of the grave. This will often be in its relationship to the closest headstone. Typically I place a flower on the plot to indicate its location.

Some requests we cannot fulfill because they are for cremations at the Cemetery Crematorium but the ashes were collected by the funeral directors and there is no known location in the cemetery. Likewise we can't take photos for the requests where the location is the Crematorium Storeroom.

I use a DSLR camera with a few different lenses and I edit the images at home (usually straightening and cropping) before uploading. Although I still use the phone camera occasionally I found the GPS data from the smartphone camera was not accurate enough so we're no longer adding it. Some of the cremation plaques as extremely shiny and nearly impossible to get a readable image without reflections. I try my best with what I'm faced with on the day.

Primary archive records we use are (copy/paste into a browser):
Plot Maps: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Archives/AF86
Burial Orders: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Archives/AF70
Burial Registers: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Archives/AF35

It's the Burial Registers which solve some of the complexities which arise on the maps and in the burial orders.

Best wishes
Margaret

Thanks for reading this far!
Margaret