I live on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand and I am more than happy to take photos in cemeteries in Otaki, Waikanae and Paraparaumu as well as in the Whenua Tapu and Porirua cemeteries which are close to Wellington.

IMHO, over time, the street names, even the street numbers of our ancestors can change and their homes can be demolished and replaced. But one thing always remains the same – the cemetery where they were buried and the actual plot location even if the headstone may have crumbled or disappeared. And the cemeteries, or more specifically, the headstones and sometimes bare plots, are a confirmed link with the past – you know that many of your ancestors and relatives would have attended the burial or visited the grave afterwards, "leaving" their DNA on the very spot you stand on whenever you pay them a visit.

I live on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand and I am more than happy to take photos in cemeteries in Otaki, Waikanae and Paraparaumu as well as in the Whenua Tapu and Porirua cemeteries which are close to Wellington.

IMHO, over time, the street names, even the street numbers of our ancestors can change and their homes can be demolished and replaced. But one thing always remains the same – the cemetery where they were buried and the actual plot location even if the headstone may have crumbled or disappeared. And the cemeteries, or more specifically, the headstones and sometimes bare plots, are a confirmed link with the past – you know that many of your ancestors and relatives would have attended the burial or visited the grave afterwards, "leaving" their DNA on the very spot you stand on whenever you pay them a visit.