'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-RIC339' Showing the grave and tombstone of Samuel Browning at St Andrew's Church, Epsom. The inscription reads: Sacred to the memory of Samuel Browning who died 11th June 1888 aged 87

'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-RIC342' Showing the grave and tombstone of David B Cruickshank in St Mark's Cemetery, Remuera. The inscription reads: In fond remembrance of David B Cruickshank who died on the 8th of May 1895 aged 53 years

Heritage Images database Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-RIC265

Showing the grave and tombstone of Michael Gallagher in Symonds Street Cemetery.

The inscription reads:

In affectionate remembrance of Michael Gallagher who died May 26 1894 aged 38 years.

Erected by his widow, H K Gallagher.

In charity with all men.

The grave and headstone of his mother Mary Gallagher is partly visible to the left.



Image from StonePics website



The Central Auckland Research Centre has a brand new collection of 60 CD-Roms from StonePics who have been photographing cemeteries and headstones of The Czech Republic since 2003. This collection, Cemeteries of the Czech Republic contains over 81,000 names on a searchable database, many also important to German genealogy research.

Three CD-Roms contain records from Prague’s Vysehrad National Cemetery which was established in the 15th century next to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Many famous Czechs have been laid to rest there including Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Jan Neruda and Karel and Jozef Čapek.

A further 57 CD-Roms record headstones from Prague’s Olsanske Cemetery. This large complex of cemeteries includes Jewish and Orthodox cemeteries and graves of soldiers killed in both WWI and WWII. Olsanske Cemetery covers fifty hectares and according to some estimates, two million people have been buried there.

This is an amazing welcome addition to our family history collection.


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