The files behind this sample

The three churchyard files are the foundation of this pilot.

Five family packs add extra evidence. They sit beside the three files.

Three churchyard files

Each file answers a different question.

Salisbury book

Jean Salisbury · 2011 · St John's Churchyard Canberra 1844–2010

What it answers: Who the person was, and the researched context around their life.
What this sample used: Page locators for the five families in this pilot. Not the whole book.
What to keep in mind: The book stops at December 2010. Later burials are not in it.
What these pages do not republish: This site uses page locators. It does not copy biographies or page images.
Parish file: 2011 Salisbury St Johns Churchyard.pdf

Cemetery index

Downloaded 9 July 2026 · Australian Cemeteries Index — St Johns Graveyard download

What it answers: What names, dates, and plot references the index lists.
What this sample used: The five-family slice only. The workbook has about 1,520 people.
What to keep in mind: Dates and spellings vary. Some notes are free text.
What these pages do not republish: This site does not offer the spreadsheet as a download.
Parish file: St Johns Graveyard Download From Australian Cemeteries Index.xlsx

Australian Cemeteries Index

Section plans

SECTION A to H churchyard layout workbook

What it answers: Where a grave sits relative to other graves.
What this sample used: The layout of graves that appear in the five families.
What to keep in mind: It is a spreadsheet map. It is not a surveyed GIS layer.
What these pages do not republish: This site does not offer the workbook as a download.
Parish file: SECTION A to H.xlsx

Family research packs

Extra documents gathered for the five families.

Guise

Web page

WikiTree Guise-337 extract

An extract from a public family tree. Check the cited page for the live record.
WikiTree page
Book

Richard Guise: Englishman or French Duke

Roslyn Cartwright · 2016
A copyrighted book. This site uses locators, not copied chapters.
Copyrighted.
Research note

Articles and notes about Mary Ann Brownlow née Guise

Newspaper transcripts plus later notes. Research notes are not primary evidence.
Mixed rights.
Research note

Richard Guise Jnr death newspaper extracts

1844 newspaper extracts gathered into one research note.
Public-domain news extract.

Kinlyside

Research note

John Kinlyside facts from JS book

Notes taken from the Salisbury book. Go back to the book for the original wording.
Taken from a copyrighted book.
Newspaper

Golden Age — Singular Fatal Accident (John Kinlyside)

13 June 1861
Public-domain news extract.
Trove record

Alward

Research note

John Arthur Alward research pack

Transcripts, a Find a Grave inscription note, and later research notes. Research notes are not primary evidence.
Mixed rights.
Research note

Short Alward note (placement suggestion)

A short note that said he was not at St John's. The index and the research pack place him at E6/387.
Newspaper

Sydney Morning Herald death notice — John Arthur Alward

4 December 1928
Death notice dated 4 December 1928. Records death on 21 November 1928 at Canberra Hospital.
Public-domain news extract.

Lindop

Research note

Robert Lindop military history life events and choices

Later research notes on military service and memorial change. Research notes are not primary evidence.
Mixed rights.

Baker

Research note

Cecily Baker 1809 to 1865 (Salisbury extract)

An extract pointing to Salisbury 2011, page 45.
Taken from a copyrighted book.

What this site does not do

Military-graves material is out of this pilot.

Jean Salisbury's book is copyrighted. This site stores page locators so a reader can go back to the book. It does not copy biographies or page images.

The original PDF and Excel files are not downloads from these pages.

Churchyard records