{"id":233,"date":"2024-12-02T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/?p=233"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T11:21:51","slug":"call-for-descendants-join-the-ballast-hills-burial-ground-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2024\/12\/02\/call-for-descendants-join-the-ballast-hills-burial-ground-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Descendants: Join the Ballast Hills Burial Ground Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2018\" height=\"2017\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2024\/12\/20241120_123912-EDIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Are you a descendant of someone interred or memorialised at Ballast Hills Burial Ground (BHBG)? We invite you to connect with others who share this unique heritage and join a new BHBG Descendants Group. This initiative aims to amplify the voices of your ancestors, enrich the narrative of BHBG, and foster a deeper connection to this historic site.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The BHBG Descendants Group will provide a space for descendants to share stories, contribute insights, and help shape the ongoing work of the project. Whether your relatives are buried here or simply remembered on a gravestone, your participation is invaluable in bringing this history to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to join or learn more, please reach out to the project team at <strong><a>ballast.hills@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also also sharing gravestone inscriptions on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/859706655732944\/\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>, offering glimpses into the lives of those who rest at BHBG. Join us in honouring their legacy and building a community that celebrates this remarkable burial ground\u2019s rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s ensure the voices of the past continue to resonate through the generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a descendant of someone interred or memorialised at Ballast Hills Burial Ground (BHBG)? We invite you to connect with others who share this unique heritage and join a new BHBG Descendants Group. This initiative aims to amplify the voices of your ancestors, enrich the narrative of BHBG, and foster a deeper connection to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2024\/12\/02\/call-for-descendants-join-the-ballast-hills-burial-ground-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call for Descendants: Join the Ballast Hills Burial Ground Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,8],"tags":[47,46,44],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-descendants","category-project-news","tag-ancestors","tag-descendants","tag-get-involved"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}