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From: thalauafu <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] My visit to the UK
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:03:15 +1000
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Not sure quite what you want from the list, but for what it's worth,
Navestock is a small village, so why don't you just go there and search the
cemetery yourself? Maybe even speak to the local Vicar about where such
records could be found and I am sure you will get some help.

On 20 February 2012 08:15, Simon <> wrote:

> Hello Barbara
>
> You can see the graveyard easily enough, all English CofE parish
> churchyards are always open:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/250398154/
>
> But you need to be aware that most people in the 19th Century were
> buried without headstones. And, in addition, many churchyards were
> cleared of older headstones in the 1960s to facilitate mechanical mowing.
>
> Navestock church and graveyard are well worth a visit, even so.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
>
> On 19/02/2012 21:45, Barbara Greyling wrote:
> > Halo
> >
> >
> >
> > Late last year I enquired about visiting Navestock, Essex, to see
> whether I
> > could get to see the graves of my ancestors, Joshua Prior(or Pryor or
> > Pryer) and his wife Susannah Nottage.
> >
> > So the time is nearly there for my visit to England and it seems that
> there
> > is no record of the graves although I got records to the effect when and
> > where Joshua died.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is a great disappointment for me, as fellow genealogist will know,
> that I
> > will not be able to see the graveyard, let alone the gravestone.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > Barbara Greyling (nee Prior)
> >
> > South Africa
> >
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