The Saskatchewan Minister of Justice has appointed Al Dwyer, the former Registrar of Cemeteries, to look into the matter of there are any cemeteries not being recorded, or left abandoned.
In a recent interview, Linda Dunsmore-Porter, President of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, said that “We were approached by the Minister of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch, Registrar of Cemeteries, and were asked if a program could be developed, would SGS be willing to take on the administration of it. We agreed”.
In 1975, the SGS started to record the cemeteries in the province and, so far, has located 3,428 cemeteries and burial grounds, and have recorded 2,439 of them.
Linda says that they have already spent about two hours with Dwyer when he made his first stop.
“Al’s first stop was SGS, where we spent approximately two hours discussing the issue, how SGS could help, and various ideas about the process”.
Dwyer says that groups, individuals, and organizations interested in the working group can leave their contact information for him at 1.877.880.5550.
You can check out the SGS cemetery website at <www.saskgenealogy.com/general/Cemetery_Webpage.htm>.
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