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Preview of BIGNAMES.TXT

The StonePics database is a giant text file used to located headstones and monuments in Newfoundland, Canada. The actual filename is bignames.txt, and it is one of six files extracted from the internet download file stonepics.exe. Below is a very small portion of the database to illustrate what it looks like. To download the entire file, go to Download the StonePics Database.

A word of warning about the size of the database: If you have a slow computer then opening this file with a text editor to view it may drag your system to a halt. By far, the best way to find information in the database is with the search utility dig.exe that is one of the other files included in the download. It is easy to use and gives you a lot of capability.

This is what the database looks like:


  CD#  Cemetery  Name (Year of Record/Death) - Number of Photographs
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 NF038 : CHT01   ABBOTT, A J (1917) & T Murphy & E Ford - 1 photo
 NF039 : SMV03   ABBOTT, Abel (1938) & Clara - 1 photo
 NF039 : SMV03   ABBOTT, Abel (1980) - 1 photo
 NF047 : PTR01   ABBOTT, Abraham (1887) - 1 photo
 NF031 : MUH07   ABBOTT, Ada Marcella (1960) - 1 photo
 NF093 : CUR05   ABBOTT, Agnes Ann Wells (1957) - 1 photo
 NF038 : CHT02   ABBOTT, Albert (1936) - 1 photo
 NF043 : BON06   ABBOTT, Albert (1969) & Theresa - 1 photo
 NF042 : BON03   ABBOTT, Albert (1985) & Mary Jane - 1 photo
 NF031 : MUH08   ABBOTT, Albert C (1984) - 1 photo
 NF042 : BON04   ABBOTT, Albert G (1978) - 1 photo
 NF087 : PAE02   ABBOTT, Albert J (1985) - 2 photos
 NF041 : BON01   ABBOTT, Alexander (1936) - 2 photos
 NF042 : BON02   ABBOTT, Alexander (1948) & Jessie - 1 photo
 NF039 : PRI02   ABBOTT, Alexander (1967) - 1 photo
 NF059 : STJ05   ABBOTT, Alfred (1942) in Group - 1 photo
 NF071 : STJ61   ABBOTT, Alfred B (1942) - 1 photo
 NF042 : BON05   ABBOTT, Alfreda (1994) - 1 photo
 NF043 : BON12   ABBOTT, Alice (1966) - 1 photo
 NF014 : LEW02   ABBOTT, Alice (1967) - 1 photo
 NF041 : AMC01   ABBOTT, Alice (1989) - 1 photo
 NF101 : PTB02   ABBOTT, Alice Ida (1979) - 1 photo
 NF065 : STJ52   ABBOTT, Alphonsus (1941) & Emily - 1 photo
 NF065 : STJ52   ABBOTT, Alphonsus (1941) - 1 photo
 NF139 : CBS03   ABBOTT, Ambrose (1968) - 1 photo
 NF041 : BON01   ABBOTT, Amelia (1915) - 2 photos
 NF031 : MUH06   ABBOTT, Amelia Parsons (1987) - 2 photos
 NF031 : MUH03   ABBOTT, Andrew (1890) - 2 photos
 NF042 : BON02   ABBOTT, Andrew (1925) & Sidney - 1 photo
 NF042 : BON02   ABBOTT, Andrew (1935) - 1 photo
 NF021 : WIN01   ABBOTT, Andrew (1959) - 1 photo
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 NF011 : TWG01   YOUNG, William John (1920) - 2 photos
 NF093 : CUR02   YOUNG, William P (1863) - 2 photos
 NF049 : STJ11   YOUNG, William Randell (1983) & Marion H - 1 photo
 NF084 : STS01   YOUNG, William S (1979) & Eliza Ann - 1 photo
 NF087 : PAE02   YOUNG, William T (19x7) - 1 photo
 NF073 : STJ63   YOUNG, William Thomas (1959) - 1 photo
 NF161 : PLA12   YOUNG, William Thomas (1970) - 1 photo
 NF039 : MUS05   YOUNG, William Walter (1961) - 1 photo
 NF011 : TWG07   YOUNG, Winston George (1985) - 1 photo
 NF111 : HOP01   YOUNG, Yvonne (xxxx) - 1 photo
 NF100 : MAT03   YOUNGE, Albert W (1979) - 1 photo
 NF100 : MAT03   YOUNGE, Isabella S (1978) - 1 photo
 NF024 : SAB02   YOUNGE, John (1981) - 1 photo
 NF075 : STJ81   YUEN, Hong (1924) - 2 photos
 NF071 : STJ61   YUEN, Jim (1959) - 1 photo
 NF123 : HAG03   ZACHARY, Peter (1831) & Anne & Unknown - 1 photo
 NF123 : HAG03   ZACHARY, Peter (1831) & Anne - 3 photos
 NF089 : CNB20   ZARINS, Anna (1963) - 1 photo
 NF055 : STJ33   ZEIJLEMAKER, P W (1942) - 1 photo
 NF084 : FLB01   ZELAU, Walter L (1989) - 2 photos
 NF145 : BEI21   ZEND, Lillian Basha (1977) - 1 photo
 NF026 : GAN03   ZIEGLER, C M (1985) in Group - 1 photo
 NF088 : PIC01   ZIEGLER, Unknown (xxxx) - 1 photo
 NF049 : STJ11   ZUBKA, Alexander (1982) - 1 photo
 NF071 : STJ61   ZVAIGZNE, Emma Karline Purin (1953) - 2 photos
 total records = 221444

 (key to town codes omitted here, for example:  GAN = Gander)

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