At our June session, Malcolm described the processes involved in updating the lettering on family plaques at a cemetery. He spoke about the requirements to provide documents relating to ancestors and self and to having to sign a Statutory Declaration for the Cemetery Trust as proof of the right to update the plaque/s. He stressed the need to involve family & recommended taking photos of the text on headstones, as it canl fade over time. Estimated cost? $150 per headstone. Stonemason = approx. $350.
Malcolm - Gain
Goal - to complete a family tree before a family gathering in Sept.
Malcolm is the only child of an only child of an only child.
How to update a plaque at a cemetery:
o Take a photo – because text will fade over time
o Goal - Re-lettered – a government matter – cemetery Trusts.
o Gov needs evidence that the applicant has the right to update the
plaque.
o Documents of ancestors and own as proof.
o Complete Star Dec to confirm who, what, and why.
o Covers stone mason and Cemetery Trust.
Estimated cost approx. $150 per headstone. Stonemason = approx. $350.
Q. what happens to graves when all relatives are deceased?
A. Malcom went to all his oldest cousins to advise them of the plan and to get
involved if they want.
Malcolm - Gain
Goal - to complete a family tree before a family gathering in Sept.
Malcolm is the only child of an only child of an only child.
How to update a plaque at a cemetery:
o Take a photo – because text will fade over time
o Goal - Re-lettered – a government matter – cemetery Trusts.
o Gov needs evidence that the applicant has the right to update the
plaque.
o Documents of ancestors and own as proof.
o Complete Star Dec to confirm who, what, and why.
o Covers stone mason and Cemetery Trust.
Estimated cost approx. $150 per headstone. Stonemason = approx. $350.
Q. what happens to graves when all relatives are deceased?
A. Malcom went to all his oldest cousins to advise them of the plan and to get
involved if they want.
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