This page will record the history of the
cemetery and will be of interest to many people from outside of
the area who are tracing their ancestors. Burial records are a significant
part of the genealogy process and the Council has had the foresight
to have had the cemetery burial records digitised. It is proposed
that these records are made available online at a later date. The
Council wishes to recoup their investment in digitising the records
and to generate a small revenue stream through sales of the records
through the web site. This will require additional work at a later
stage, but we would propose that the first phase of the web site
development includes a searchable version of the database so that
enquirers can determine that there are records relevant to their
research. They would not be able to access burial information in
any detail. This would firstly excite some interest amongst genealogist
and secondly allow the Council to gauge the amount of interest and
assess the commercial value of pursuing the full database project.
For more information please contact the Town Clerk. [Contact]
