Genealogy Chat

Joy My Great grandparents are buried in Ann's Hill cemetery (actually it is in Gosport not Portsmouth). Their grave is badly delapidated but a second cousin who lives nearby went and found it and photographed it for me. Ann Glos

Rebecca I will have to check the Milton cemetery out as I am halfway sure that my Grandparents may be buried there. I vaguely remember being taken there as a small child to put flowers on the grave. Ann Glos

Hi Guys Why don't you try the local library my sister and I went to Ludlow to find our ancestors. We phoned ahead and the lady at the library had dug out the burial records for us. We found the plots we wanted but when we got to the grave yard there were nettles and all sorts about 6ft high. Shame it was so unkempt still we had a lovely day walking around Ludlow and paddling in the river. I still wonder why my ancestors ever left such a beautiful town? Janet xxx

I used to live in Gosport, one of my children was born there.... Small World ;)

Ann, It`s definitely worth giving them a call, as I said they`re very helpful. They even did a soundex search for me `cos I`d spelt my great aunts surname wrong, and told me where she had died. Rebecca

I remember I first became interested in family history on my 11th birthday (back when everything was groovy, man). We went on holiday to Norfolk and visited the village where my dad's dad was born. We found memorial stone to my gt grandparents and I photographed it using my new birthday camera. I went back later with student friends and found it again, much weathered. Small world - I have a friend in Gosport and her mum is called Joy, also one in Farlington, Portsmouth. The last one is researching the history of a local house. Helen

apparently vicars are buried upright, so I have been told something to do with them being first out when Jesus comes back again