Sturminster Newton, St Mary's Part II,'On the Trail of Dorset Ancestors of Daisy & Amber' by Sheila
Channel: semw52
Date: 2023-05-02

I take a look inside the church of St Mary and then as I was leaving  Sturminster Newton and not far from the gorgeous old bridge I find by accident the town cemetery and spend sometime exploring  and scanning the graves---scanning  graves is an important part of family tree research because you never know when a name  may surface in the future--when a relative is revealed via other research methods  like looking in  the records, the archives etc...---this does happen and in some churchyards within my side of the tree in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk over the years and many visits I have found more and more ancestors buried---there are burial plans but until you discover a connected name the plan remains just a plan---once you find someone the plan becomes a Treasure Map---the plans are also vital once a gravestone has disappeared, been removed etc......In this cemetery many  just have metal stakes with a number and sometimes a name inscribed and placed in the ground, the plot...