Finding The Plot

Protestant Berms A. Photo credit Cathy Currie

Locating a burial plot in this large, complex cemetery can be quite a challenge. Over the last 6 years Kath Kingswood has been working on recording those residing in the cemetery as accurately as practicable using available cemetery records, newspapers and the physical cemetery site itself. This is a huge undertaking as there are over 90,000 residents, and new interments are regularly taking place. This project will continue to be an ongoing work in progress. Please check back for more information on residents as this resource grows.

Kath’s charts, division records and alphabetical lists of residents have proved to be a valuable resource for those looking for a loved one and are as easy to use as 1, 2, 3.

1. Search for your loved one in the alphabetical listings of residents and memorials. You may be lucky enough to find a photo of their grave linked in green to their name with the possibility of additional details.

2. Look through available Burial and Ashes Areas documents for further information about the site your loved one resides in.

3. Check to see if a chart is available of the burial area to get an idea of the physical location and to assist in locating the grave site.

Residents and Memorials:

This is the alphabetical listing of cemetery residents that you will find in the drop down menu bar. Known burials, ashes and those memorialised within the cemetery are included.

If the online cemetery records indicate that the whereabouts of a resident is confidential, this is respected and details are not included in our alphabetical listing of residents and memorials.

However if a grave marker is found for a confidential resident on the cemetery site this will be shown in the charts and burial and ashes areas documents and in our photo albums.

Memorials have recently started to be added to this list as they are discovered, and will continued to be recorded.

If you are able to help us to ascertain the names and details of any residents we would appreciate hearing from you.

Burial and Ashes Areas:

These records are helpful for locating others believed to be in the same plot and the residents in surrounding plots, who can often be relations or close friends.

Residents names, ages, and year of death are shown and graves are identified (where known) as marked or unmarked. Grave inscriptions may be recorded, details in italics are transcribed as on the grave marker.

Inscriptions highlighted in bold blue indicate that the plot does not have the details that are showing in the New Zealand Cemetery Records, they have either disappeared or been replaced. The intention is to document the words that had once been there.

Details highlighted in red or yellow alert us that a discrepancy has been noted.

It will be noticed that plots are not always shown in numerical order, this is because we have documented them the way they are located in the cemetery, and plots can be laid out differently particularly in the historic areas of the cemetery. Many will start with numbers such as 0c, 0a, 1, 3, 5, 7, 7a, 7b, 9.

Charts:

The charts are a valuable tool for finding a plot.

We anticipate having charts available for most burial and ashes areas with the exception of gardens and octagons.

Plots highlighted with bold indicate a grave believed to be marked, it is suggested to use these plots to help find your way.

A recent addition to the charts is the use of italics to indicate graves found to be damaged or difficult to read. This is a new feature that not all charted burial areas yet have the benefit of.

Handy Tip:

It is helpful to realise that the cemetery opened in Glen Eden, therefore Row 1, Plot 1 in a burial or ashes area usually begins from that corner.

Discrepancies:

Variances do occur between sources, where possible these are thoroughly checked prior to documentation and if uncertain we indicate this in our records.