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From: Guy Etchells <>
Subject: Re: Cemetery reading
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 07:30:59 +0100


If you store your reading in a database then you can index
alphabetically, by location, by date of death or any other field you
choose. This makes location of the grave very easy as you search the
database for the Surname concerned, having found that the surname exists
in the cemetery you can then search by location and find out who is
buried next to your ancestors.
Cheers
Guy

--
Wakefield England

http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells Transcripts, Parish
Records, Calendar, Scaleable Map of Uk. Link to LDS website,
Abbreviations, Returns of Owners of Lands etc. etc.
http://www.guye.freeserve.co.uk Whitefield Transcripts, Etch/ells
Transcripts
http://gye.future.easyspace.com Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental
Inscriptions, War Graves, etc.
http://homepage.virgin.net/wakefield.fhs Wakefield FHS website, War
Memorials

> On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:36:25 GMT, wrote:
>
> >I've recently finished a cemetery reading, and was wondering if there was any
> >computer software that would alphabetize the names. I have over 3000 of them,
> >and don't really want to do them manually. Any help would be
> >appreciated.Thanks, Larry
> >
>
>
>
> Please, please, please, PLEASE do not alphabetize the reading. As a
> rule, people are not buried in alphabetical order
>
> When you alphabetize, you lose all context of where people are buried
> in relation to each other. These "neighbors" can provide clues to
> possible relationships.
>
> Also, when you print a reading in natural order (as opposed to
> alphabetical order), it helps people find the stone when they visit
> the cemetery. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I've looked
> for a stone, and by knowing who was buried near them, made the search
> much easier.
>
> Perhaps you could consider an index to the readings?
>
> Just my $0.02. :-)
>

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