These are doing the rounds at the moment, so here is mine. I have inserted places whereas some I have seen have just used counties.
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I have recently joined the Guild of One Name Studies and I anticipate starting work on the study in the summer. This may be an incentive for me to crack on with the Coates census analysis which I have not done.
I have spent some time today putting up a page about William and Eliza whose resting place I located when I was surveying the churchyard.
I have added a photo of Private 'Bert' Bedford which was located by a FAG contributor with whom I have been in touch.
I just noticed that the WW2 tab had gone from the navigation. I thought I had accidentally deleted it whilst getting to grips with the new Weebly interface. I have now found it and put it back.
I have uploaded the detailed maps of the churchyard as pdf files. Whilst I have produced the Memorial Inscription Book and Index it needs to be proof read and approved by the PCC.
I started this blog as a kind of occasional diary although I was expecting the odd comment. I had a kind one yesterday but there appears to be no way to reply to replies in this blog facility, other than to edit the original post.
To the OPS comment, I have to say the person who rejected my MI transcriptions was encountered at a Family History Fair and seemed to speak for the society. Maybe she thought I was some kind of nutter! I made two trips to Coates this week to check the plot map; the first visit was curtailed by heavy rain after what had been a lovely day. A few tweaks will be needed but I am pleased that the task is essentially complete. Now all I have to do is to produce the Monumental Inscription book and present one to the church and the Peterborough Family Hostory Society. With luck it ought to be ready in time for Christmas.
I was surprised - last year - that one other nearby society was not the least bit interested in my transcriptions! Last year I started to draw a plot map of the cemetery. I was not entirely pleased with it so, this summer holiday, I started again this time using Publisher. This evening I completed the task of putting on the last grave and I now need to visit to check the feel of the layout. It is never going to be accurate - more topological - but the access I had to the church plot maps has helped.
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