Actually, in the case I mentioned, this was not a transcription of the headstones; it was the original burial register. He never was buried in that cemetery, he is buried in a different cemetery, and the current keeper of the burial register has no explanation as to why his name is listed in the register. It does not list a burial plot... maybe they just *wished* that he was in THEIR cemetery ;-) although I think not. He was a real black sheep, having (among other things) tried to murder his wife (by poison) while he ran off with another woman. Fortunately, she was found in time, doctored, and survived, but the unborn child she carried did not. It was this same burial register that has another buried child's name wrong, having listed her father's name instead of hers. I have yet another great-grandfather who is not listed anywhere in any register or transcription in the county, but we know that he was buried between my great-grandmother (who does have a stone there) and his second wife, who does NOT have a stone. Nor is there a stone for him, other than a large family stone with only the last name on it. It took a great deal of detective work to find him, and now we will place a small stone on his (and another on his second wife's) plot. There are at least three (that I know of) who were buried, disinterred, and reburied. One was the third wife of one of my g-g-grandfathers who outlived him and wanted each of her two husbands beside her, with her in between. Another pair were buried and then, after their daughter married a man who owned a cemetery two states away, they dug them up and reinterred them there. I'm sure there are lots of stories like that floating around, although that does not seem to be as common a practice as I am lead to believe it was back a few generations. My own stone should be a boon to other genealogical searchers, and I wish that everybody would adopt this as a standard. It has my name, birth and death dates (well, the death date will be placed on it when they know what it is...) plus, on the back side: "Daughter of..." "Mother of..." "Sister of..." SOME genealogist sometime is going to appreciate that, and, meanwhile, I have great satisfaction knowing that I have done it! It just doesn't cost that much extra to put that information on it! So, if you love genealogy, leave that gift for your family, too. Nancy Heather Bertram wrote: >Transcript indexes list every name that is one a headstone whether or >not they are burried there. > >i.e. > >Mary Smith, 1900-1980, beloved wife of John Smith. > >Mary is buried here but not John. He will show up in the trancript >index and any cemetery finding aid. > > > >Heather in Orillia >Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ >For Ontario Birth, Marriages & Deaths > > > >