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From: "Liz & Peter" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] Cheltneham Cemetery
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 14:13:21 +0930
References: 376832518


Excellent Deb - thanks very much. I too had dealings with Dudley Park and
found them quite helpful. I'll try the others now. Liz
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From: "deb" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Cheltneham Cemetery


> Good Afternoon List
>
> my dealings with Cheltneham Cemetery and Enfiled has been very helpful
> in the past
> to ring Cheltneham direct is a bit hard as it is only the caretaker ,
> Cheltneham comes under Enfeild
> I have rung Enfield and was very pleased with the results I
> received one day from a very nice young lady
> she even told me who the grave lease holder was , which confimred
> for sure that was my gggrandmother (as her son was listed as lease
> holder )
> another day I had a man who told me I had to pay the $11-00
> $11-00 may not seem a lot , but when you are enquireing to IF it
> may be your relative , it can become a bit expensive if you have
> the wrong relative ( and I think at times we have all purchased a
> certificate that was wrong )
> I asked the young lady at the time if I payed for the information
> would there be any more on their than what she had told me , and her
> answer was No ,
> it might depend on who you reach on the phone at the time ,
> I have had a phone conversation with Dudley Park Cemetery also , and
> again a very helpfull man indeed !
> he told me the information I needed , and in fact I also helped him
> with the age of my ggrandfather as their records had him listed as
> being 0 age , when in fact he was in his 80's
> Centenial Park is also very good with help over the phone or vial
> email , as I found out my nana;s brother is cremated there , but
> unfortunately no "known" site for him ,
> most of the Cemerteries are helpful via a phone call
> Pt Pirie Cemetery even sent me a list of All my family buried at the
> cemetery , Brighton Cemetery also did the same thing
> so it is worth a phone call to ask as you might get someone willing
> to help you , as most are also interested in the familys doing there
> research , particularly with the older time frames
>
>
> the certificates for BDM
> the S.A for $33-00 wasnt to bad , I have found some information on
> them , that I didnt know of
> the Victoria ones for a image from internet for $17-00 was VERY
> helpful indeed , 2 death certificate images gave me so much info about
> the children and wife , (of course depending on what they were
> informed )
> the QLD Birth and Marriage certificate also helped me a lot for the
> cost of $28-00
>
> Debbie @ iinet
>
> Centennial Park Cemetery
> 760 Goodwood Rd Pasadena SA 5042
> ph: (08) 8276 6011
>
> Cheltenham Cemetery direct phone
> Port Rd Cheltenham SA 5014
> ph: (08) 8349 6620
>
> Cheltenham Cemetery via Enfield phone
> Port Rd Cheltenham SA 5014
> ph: (08) 8262 1321
>
> Enfield Memorial Park
> Browning St Clearview SA 5085
> ph: (08) 8262 1321
>
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>
> I've got a number of family graves at Centennial Park and I notice that
> the
> older graves are quite neglected, whilst the other more "visible" graves
> and
> special sections have lots of plants around, well tended lawn and so on.
> I'd like to know how the money is spent too, but having said that, I can
> easily access info on the Net about burials there, and staff have been
> very
> helpful when I've been a bit confused. Is this because Centennial Park is
> a
> private enterprise?
> What sort of information do you get for your $11 Steph? Maybe it's
> worthwhile - especially since we don't get a lot of info on the BDM's in
> SA.
> I haven't been out to Cheltenham but I have a number of graves to visit
> there - but I'm not sure where they are. So will it cost me to find out
> their location? Liz
>
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