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Genealogical Society of South Brevard (GSSB)

Cemetery Project
A book, "The Two Cemeteries at
Melbourne", was published by the
Genealogical Society of South
Brevard.  The work includes
tombstone transcriptions up to 1995.
Information was collected from the
Melbourne Cemetery on Hibiscus
Ave. and the Eau Gallie Cemetery,
which was started in 1902.
The book is a fully indexed and
hardbound with 530 pages, over 6000
names, and collated with official
county records. Melbourne's two
cemeteries are the final
resting-places of people from all
over the nation.
In the introduction, the Line Street
Cemetery's 10 known burials (African
American's) are listed, plus "Old Dick"
the cat. Also mentioned is the Houston
(or Pioneer) Cemetery at the south end
of Highland Ave. (started in 1865),
which was a family cemetery. It has 12
known and more unknown burials, but
no names are listed. The Macedonia
Baptist Church (African American) had
a cemetery, but no names were listed.
Over the years, many retire or move to Florida.
The book and a supplement contains actual
tombstone transcriptions up to 1995, copied by
local genealogist, with accompanying maps of the
cemetery grounds. Volunteer members of GSSB
painstakingly collected, compiled, typed and
checked this material to ensure accuracy. This
book and a supplement are available for $25.00,
plus shipping and handling.
For questions, more information or to order
publications, please contact

Sue van Vonno
gssbinfo@gssb.net

or write to

Publications, GSSB, P.O. Box 786,
Melbourne, FL 32902-0786