The Rawsthorne Family Tree
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GraveWelcome to my family tree online. As with most family research, it is very much a work in progress, but as time progresses I will endeavour to keep this website updated with information that I receive. There are There are 34288 individuals and 11449 families representing 4808 surnames in this database. Please see the new feedback page to give feedback or comments about the website.

The most common surnames in this database (in no particular order) are: COLLITS(204), MORRIS(534), JONES(329), PEACOCK(256), FIELD(980), SMITH(294), STRICKLAND(214), COLBRAN(289), LEES(305), WILLIAMS(245)

Want a hard-copy of your family tree? Books can be printed for the Morris, Lees, Field, Collits lines (and more). Email me (Link is on the left) for a quote on the cost of a printed book. All books are laser-printed, can be dedicated to a particular person, and include postage to anywhere in Australia.

Whats NewNew

October 2007 - Added 599 new people, and more to come. Also updated hundreds of places, dates & names for other people throughout the tree. Not sure how many new images, but there would be many hundred new and updated images, with more to come soon (a total reshoot of Forbes, NSW)

October 2007 - 2 New stories are on the story pageFamily Tree Maker 2008 My views of the new Family Tree Maker from Ancestry.Com, and Grave Images - Collecting Dead Relatives A new story on Grave photographs, including tips & tricks.

July 2007 - Added 223 photographs for 326 more people which brings the numbers to 2065 graves which are indexed in 86 Cemeteries. An additional 17 Cemeteries were added during this update. Also added over 300 more people to the family tree as well.

Feb 2007 - minor update with about 200 new names, and a few hundred additional bits of info

May 2006 - Added 24 more photographs, and updated about 20 more with better photographs (Most in Botany). Added St Saviours Church in Punchbowl. Also re-scanned some photographs that contain 2 headstones in the 1 photo and placed them as 2 seperate photographs i.e. 9771-17a and 9771-17b

See more new additions on the "Whats New" page.

There are pictures of 2100 individuals, in 1495 photographs from 86 Cemeteries. Each page, which has been limited to about 100k, contains information about the individual person, and links to the photographs, which are between 70 and 200K in size.

The graves are from a variety of locations throughout New South Wales, Australia. Places such as Orange, Lithgow, Forbes, Bathurst, Woronora, Castlereagh, Botany, Point Clare, Mudgee, Rylestone, Katoomba and Eugowra have been photographed and indexed in the following pages.

Use of this website is limited by the conditions found on the Usage Agreement page. You MUST read and comply with all points.
All photographs on this website are Copyright 1999-2008 David Rawsthorne unless otherwise stated.
Images are not to be used unless written permission is gained from the owner.