FINDING A NAME AND A GRAVE
Before you
actually start searching for a name and a location, please
read this carefully.
Those already familiar with the search procedure, please
click HERE
The Veendam churchyard consists of 4 sections: A, B, C
and D, each of which has a number of sub-sections, such as
e.g. A3, B6, C2, D3 etc.
In the old days, each section had a number of "rows", but as
from the late 90's this system has been replaced by one in
which there are paths instead of rows. The oldest part of the
churchyard, A1, however, has neither rows nor paths, as the
ravages of time have been so effective that it is no longer
possible to recognise these "tracks" anymore in this part of
the burial ground. There are about 100 gravestones/monuments
left, scattered throughout this part of section A.
In order to link the photos to the graves that do have a
stone or monument, an identification code has been developed.
This code consists of 3 elements, e.g. A3 004 0078. The first
element (A3) stands for section A, subsection 3. The second
element refers to the path: path 4 The third part of the code
denotes the number of the grave: 0078.
In some cases it has been necessary to add a letter to the
number, for example: A2 003 0125a. This means that it was not
possible to identify the location of the relevant grave more
precisely, because there is no monument anymore, or the
registration of the burial details was not done sufficiently
accurately at the time.
As it was explained above, there are no visible paths in
Section A1. Therefore, the middle element of the code for
graves (with or without photos) in this part of the
churchyard is always 000. Thus, A1 000 0078 is a typical code
for this oldest part of the churchyard.
Now click again on the sign below (Dutch for "Burial Ground")
to start your search:
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