Thursday, May 5, 2011

Online Database of Hong Kong Protestant Cemetery

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A new free database for the Hong Kong Protestant Cemetery listing names, plot numbers, and tombstone inscriptions has been launched on a Hong Kong history Web site.  The site says that "[t]he database was compiled as part of Patricia Lim's research for her recent book.  She has generously agreed to make it publicly available, and to let us publish a copy here on www.gwulo.com."

Lim's book is Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery.  It discusses the lives of the people buried in the cemetery.  Some sample chapter headings are available on the Web site.

The database will eventually provide a complete listing of those buried at the cemetery (more than 6,000 graves), with inscriptions and plot numbers.  The database is still being developed, but you can currently search for names at http://gwulo.com/node/8738, note the plot number, then look up the plot through one of three links to find the inscription.  Later, photos and notes from the author will be added.
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  1. I think?? a Mary Ford, wife of John Ford May have been buried in Hong Kong Cemetary...I found an index of the Andrews card collection and wonder just how I could either see the grave and inscription or an obituary for her...any ideas???

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    1. Well, the current listing for the cemetery includes three Mary Fords, who died on November 5, 1949; July 8, 1939; and November 29, 1867, respectively. Could one of them be your Mary Ford?

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