Does anyone know what records are kept of private graveyards? A friend's wife was just buried "at home" and I'm sure her death was recorded but not the fammily cemetery contents. Ana Grace Boyd Foster On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > And old Bible records are awful, in most cases. When I qualified one > of my > ancestors for the DAR, all I had was a very poorly written page, and > the 1st > name was spelled strange (1801). I thought "this isn't going to > fly....their going to turn this down. But they didn't... > > I recently had my son Steve put on checking/savings at the > bank....filled > out the card, he signed it, gave them a copy of his driver's > license...Steven K. Curtis. Got a statement from the bank & they had > spelled his name Stephen. > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Natalie" <natwick@comcast.net> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > >> Inscriptions on gravestones are usually what the family designates to >> go > on >> them.....in spite of what records exist or do not exist. So, once >> again....we are usually at the mercy of the person giving the >> information....and if the engraver (mason) got it right !!! Natalie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:19 AM >> Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? >> >> >>> Do you know whether the records were checked against the tombstones >>> themselves where they existed? The church records for my Gr >>> Grandfather >>> didn't include his name or his wife's but when I went to the >>> graveyard > it >>> was clearly there. Somewhere I think I remember reading that records > were >>> made of graveyards where records didn't any more exist or never had. >>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >>> >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: >>> >>>> The LDS microfilmed all of the church records in the British Isles > years >>>> ago. >>>> >>>> Of course, church records are only as accurate as the person who >>>> wrote >>>> the >>>> entries....many of them were illiterate, so spellings of names can >>>> be >>>> wrong.....just like in early U.S. They spelled many names >>>> phontically. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> >>>> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM >>>> Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? >>>> >>>> >>>>> Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for >>>>> these churches? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>>> RING OF BOYDS >>>> http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>>> >>>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >>> >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >>> trees >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

Probably very few, unless a priest or pastor buried them...they have to keep a list of their buriel & birth records, or should. It depends on the time-frame you're talking about Ana. ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > Does anyone know what records are kept of private graveyards? A > friend's wife was just buried "at home" and I'm sure her death was > recorded but not the fammily cemetery contents. > Ana Grace Boyd Foster > On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > > > And old Bible records are awful, in most cases. When I qualified one > > of my > > ancestors for the DAR, all I had was a very poorly written page, and > > the 1st > > name was spelled strange (1801). I thought "this isn't going to > > fly....their going to turn this down. But they didn't... > > > > I recently had my son Steve put on checking/savings at the > > bank....filled > > out the card, he signed it, gave them a copy of his driver's > > license...Steven K. Curtis. Got a statement from the bank & they had > > spelled his name Stephen. > > > > Jan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Natalie" <natwick@comcast.net> > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > > > > >> Inscriptions on gravestones are usually what the family designates to > >> go > > on > >> them.....in spite of what records exist or do not exist. So, once > >> again....we are usually at the mercy of the person giving the > >> information....and if the engraver (mason) got it right !!! Natalie > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:19 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > >> > >> > >>> Do you know whether the records were checked against the tombstones > >>> themselves where they existed? The church records for my Gr > >>> Grandfather > >>> didn't include his name or his wife's but when I went to the > >>> graveyard > > it > >>> was clearly there. Somewhere I think I remember reading that records > > were > >>> made of graveyards where records didn't any more exist or never had. > >>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jul 25, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > >>> > >>>> The LDS microfilmed all of the church records in the British Isles > > years > >>>> ago. > >>>> > >>>> Of course, church records are only as accurate as the person who > >>>> wrote > >>>> the > >>>> entries....many of them were illiterate, so spellings of names can > >>>> be > >>>> wrong.....just like in early U.S. They spelled many names > >>>> phontically. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Janet Hallahan" <jhallahan@comcast.net> > >>>> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:30 AM > >>>> Subject: RE: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for > >>>>> these churches? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >>>> RING OF BOYDS > >>>> http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >>>> > >>>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > > trees > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >>> > >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >>> trees > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >> > >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >> trees > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > > trees > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > >