<heading>What are BillionGraves Headstone Records?</heading>BillionGraves Headstone Records contain photos of gravestones taken by volunteers in cemeteries around the world. The names, dates, and other information have been transcribed and are searchable.<heading>What genealogical data can I learn from BillionGraves Headstone Records?</heading>The BillionGraves Headstone Records may include:<ul><li>First name</li><li>Last name</li><li>Age at Death</li><li>Spouse</li><li>Gender</li><li>Occupation</li><li>Names and relationships of family members</li><li>Clubs, hobbies, organizations, and interests</li><li>Religion</li><li>Burial Location and Cemetery</li><li>Military Information</li><li>Birthplace or Country of Origin</li></ul><heading>What years does it cover?</heading>The BillionGraves Headstone Records span from about 1600 to the current day.

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The cemetery was founded in 1902 to replace the cemetery in Jaffa after a cholera plague in that year (the Ottoman government prohibited burial of plague victims in Jaffa for medical reasons). In this case, the conditions suited the need of the Jewish community in Jaffa for a new cemetery. "The question of a cemetery has painfully cut across the skies of our city for a number of years now... its neighbors have trespassed on it from every direction, to the point where only a small plot for the cemetery remains. That plot is almost full, and funds to purchase a new cemetery were not allocated... the accomplished and wise man Shimon Rokach... acted so that the government has allocated 12 dunams for a cemetery for the Jewish community"

(from the newspaper Havatzelet, Vol. 6, 1902)

Most of those interred in the cemetery were among the founders of the city of Tel Aviv. A fascinating collection exists from the cemetery of tombstones, structures, sculptures and decorative elements of artistic and historic value. Many tombstones have been restored. The cemetery was in use as Tel Aviv's main cemetery until-1932.

עלה משפולה לארץ ישראל בשנת 1913

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