Eastern Cemetery, for burials between 1839 - 1907

Church of England, Methodist and Presbyterian

Records for burials prior to 1877 were maintained by each denomination.

Some Church Burial Registers exist for all years, some do not.

Burial Register usually gave name of deceased, age, address & occupation.

Burial Registers did NOT GIVE AN EXACT GRAVE LOCATION.

All headstones in these older areas plus some unmarked graves (taken from early plans) have been numbered and it is possible to give an exact grave location.

Surname spellings have followed the headstone transcription of the name written in the Church Burial Register. Please check all possible spelling variations for members not listed on headstones.

Many different sources have been used to compile as many early burials as possible. Without headstones it can only be ASSUMED that the burial has taken place in this cemetery. Researchers will need to verify from other sources.

Some old plans only gave a SURNAME. Not so common names for burials have been allocated these graves with the understanding that they are "PRESUMED BURIED IN THIS GRAVE". Of course for graves with more common surnames, it is impossible to nominate any particular burial location.

Remember that other family members (perhaps with different surnames) may in fact be buried in the grave and not recorded on the headstone. (Many childrens' burials are not recorded on a headstone).

There may be many burials for which we will never find a reference for i.e. prior to 1853 there was no compulsion to register deaths and in many instances where a minister or priest was not present, deaths went unrecorded.

Roman Catholic & Jewish Burials between 1839 -1907

No burial registers exist so details of these burials have been gleaned from various sources:

Headstone transcriptions.

Geelong Advertiser death notices.

Geelong Hospital Death Book.

"St.Mary's Geelong: it's founding community", Dr. Beth Blackall.

Inquest & Probate Indexes.

Missing Burial Information

It is possible that many burials have occurred in these sections which have not yet been traced. If researchers have death certificates stating such, please forward this information to info@gct.net.au so these burials can be added to our database.

Some of the early burials for Grovedale, Drysdale and Portarlington Cemeteries are also missing. Any details will be gratefully accepted.

Geelong Cemeteries Trust respects your privacy and the protection of your personal information, and is committed to complying with all relevant legislation and the Information Privacy Principles as described in the Victorian Information Privacy Act

Among other things, this means the Geelong Cemeteries Trust will:

Only collect personal information that is necessary for fulfilling our industry function of operating cemeteries and a crematorium as prescribed in the Cemeteries Act

Be open and transparent in the way information is collected

Only use or disclose information in ways that are consistent with public expectations, or are required in the public interest

Only use or disclose retained personal information in the provision of our standard functions or activities. We will not release or sell information to any unrelated third party unless required by law

Take all reasonable steps to ensure the personal information held by us is accurate, complete, up to date and securely stored.

Let you access the information held about you, where ever possible. For security reasons you may be required to put your request in writing.

Attempt to deal with you anonymously, if you wish, however this may restrict our ability to deal with the requirements of you or your family in the future.

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Instructions

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2. A cemetery can be selected to begin the search, OR no cemetery selected in which case all names typed in the Name section will be displayed within all Trust cemeteries.

3. Name searches will search for all matches that begin with your query. ie. typing JEN will bring up all Surnames like JENKINS, JENKINSON, JENNER, JENNINGS, etc.

4. Clicking the Show Map link will then take you to the grave location plan, a listing of others in the grave and a toolbar to see where in the overall plan of the cemetery, the grave is located.

   Note: The Register Number is ONLY our Cemetery Computer number. It is not the Death Registration number for ordering copies of death certificates!

5. Many burial records do not have an exact grave location, therefore the plans will not show these. These records generally have an X in the location. ie. COEO*X***X

6. If you have any queries please contact us

7. If you have death certificates that state a burial has taken place in one of the Trust cemeteries and it is not listed, please contact us so that this information can be added to our database.

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