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Community engagement in historic graveyard surveys has a multiplier effect. What started as an archaeological survey of headstones has become community genealogy and local history. This talk was presented to the Irish Genealogical Research Society AGM in May 2013.
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Community Genealogy and Historic Graveyard Surveys
in Ireland
Community Genealogy and Historic Graveyard Surveys
in Ireland
John Tierney
Director of the Historic Graves Project in Ireland
John Tierney
Director of the Historic Graves Project in Ireland
John TierneyTwitter
@historicgravesFacebook
Historic Graves
John TierneyTwitter
@historicgravesFacebook
Historic Graves
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Volunteers at Anhid
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IHS______ THE SOULOF JOHN HEAS WHO DEPARTEDTHIS LIFE THE26 DAY OF JANUARY 1686
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Surnames of Duhallow
http://goo.gl/K03RR
William Rogers was the Wyatt Earp or Lugs
Brannigan of his time
How to – record a graveyard
Audio recorder
Zoom H2
GPS CameraSony HX20
Ipod touch
Key techniques
• 5 MP Digital Photography1. Number each grave memorial2. Geolocate with Photo 3. Record4. Publish
Common elements(learn the code)
• IHS
• In Hoc Signo Vinces
• Ecce Agnus Dei
• Gloria in Excelsis Deo
• Requiescat in Pace
• Requiescant in Pace
• Fecit (made by)
•Here lies the body of•Erected by•Sacred to•Died/Departed•The long S = f•Month, Day, Year eg. March 4th 1826•Day, Month, Year, eg. 4th day of March, 1826•Ye - thorne
