April 13, 2010:

  
Surnames for Search Engine: McPhail, McKay, Keefer, John Currier, Philip Thompson, Robert Blackburn, 
George Hay and MacLeod Stuart.(Stewart?)

Beechwood National Military Cemetery

                                         A Howitzer, Made in Canada                                                               Military Graves at Beechwood
  


 February 23, 2011:

Thanks to Judy Scott for bringing this new resource to our attention!

Al,
Just noticed that Ancestry has added the Beechwood Cemetery registers today.  In case you had not seen that yet.
Judy
 
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990 [database on-line]. 
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 
Original data: Beechwood Cemetery Internments, 1873–1990. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Beechwood Cemetery.

About Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990
The five burial ledgers digitized in this database document interments at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, from 
1873 to 1990. The ledgers also contain names for some people who died before 1873 (as early as 1821) whose remains 
were later moved to Beechwood.

Beechwood Cemetery was established in 1873 on a rural site outside of Ottawa. Though it began as a Protestant cemetery, 
it grew to reflect the multicultural character of Canada itself and now includes a Chinese and other ethno-cultural sections.

In 2001 the cemetery became the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces. The RCMP National Memorial Cemetery 
was established at Beechwood in 2004. And in 2009 Beechwood was designated the National Cemetery of Canada. Beechwood is 
the last resting place of statesmen, veterans and war dead, historical and sports figures, as well as “everyday” Canadians, 
including plumbers, farmers, housewives, and waiters.

The interment records are indexed by name, death date, birth date, birthplace, and parents' names. Depending on the year, 
ledger pages may also include the following information:

last residence 
occupation 
gender 
disease or cause of death 
date of interment 
place of interment 
funeral director or undertaker 
informant (relative or friend) 
informant’s relationship to the deceased
Please note that interment records are spread over two pages in the ledger books. 
When viewing the images, be sure to browse to the next image to find additional information about the deceased individual.

... Judy Scott