Some churches have a register of deaths which can include where the person was born, parents' names, spouse's names and place and date of burial. I even have a church record which included the names of all the priests who concelebrated the funeral Mass. The deceased was the parent of a couple of Catholic priests. And I have seen other Catholic church records where it only records the person's name and the date and time of the funeral Mass. From cemeteries I have gotten copies of ledger sheets with lot/section/grave number, date of burial, who else is buried in the same section, layout of the graves and whether there is a marker or monument as well as when it was purchased and by whom. I have also gotten computer printouts with much of the same information as well as the sex of person and the undertaker. And there are some cemeteries that have the information online. Georgia On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:03:34 -0400 "Dick Davis" <Dick.Davis@verizon.net> writes: > I must really be having a total senior moment at 46 - but can you > give some > examples from your experience? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL > [mailto:liz@ancestordetective.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:45 PM > To: Clooz-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Clooz] Funeral/Burial Records - Documents > > How about burial records from a church or cemetery? > > At 12:50 PM 7/12/2006, Dick Davis wrote: > >Just checking to see if i am good with my thinking. > > > >Documents that would be considered part of the funeral/burial are > >the obituary, the hard bound memory book of the deceased, the > >electronic memory book that is done by some funeral homes, and the > > >funderal program (don't know what this is really called) as all > >these are assocaited with the funeral. I am sure that has I travel > > >my ancestors and relatives, that i will uncover more documents that > > >are associated with the funeral. > > > >So, what doucument would be associated with the burial? > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > Liz Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL @>---- > Ancestor Detective, LLC > http://www.ancestordetective.com > Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com > Editor of Digital Genealogist, http://www.digitalgenealogist.com > Editor of NGS NewsMagazine and UpFront, http://www.ngsgenealogy.org > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, > find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Georgia's description prompts a question about how best to catagorize a document: I have two letters from two Chicago cemeteries sent to my grandmother over 40 years ago when she was exploring which ancestors were buried there. These letters list names, dates, and ages. I haven't entered them into Clooz yet. When I do, should they be entered as correspondence or as burial records? Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgia Clark" <georgiapat@juno.com> To: <Clooz-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [Clooz] Funeral/Burial Records - Documents > Some churches have a register of deaths which can include where the > person was born, parents' names, spouse's names and place and date of > burial. I even have a church record which included the names of all the > priests who concelebrated the funeral Mass. The deceased was the parent > of a couple of Catholic priests. And I have seen other Catholic church > records where it only records the person's name and the date and time of > the funeral Mass. > > From cemeteries I have gotten copies of ledger sheets with > lot/section/grave number, date of burial, who else is buried in the same > section, layout of the graves and whether there is a marker or monument > as well as when it was purchased and by whom. I have also gotten > computer printouts with much of the same information as well as the sex > of person and the undertaker. And there are some cemeteries that have > the information online. > > Georgia > > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:03:34 -0400 "Dick Davis" <Dick.Davis@verizon.net> > writes: > > I must really be having a total senior moment at 46 - but can you > > give some > > examples from your experience? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL > > [mailto:liz@ancestordetective.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:45 PM > > To: Clooz-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Clooz] Funeral/Burial Records - Documents > > > > How about burial records from a church or cemetery? > > > > At 12:50 PM 7/12/2006, Dick Davis wrote: > > >Just checking to see if i am good with my thinking. > > > > > >Documents that would be considered part of the funeral/burial are > > >the obituary, the hard bound memory book of the deceased, the > > >electronic memory book that is done by some funeral homes, and the > > > > >funderal program (don't know what this is really called) as all > > >these are assocaited with the funeral. I am sure that has I travel > > > > >my ancestors and relatives, that i will uncover more documents that > > > > >are associated with the funeral. > > > > > >So, what doucument would be associated with the burial?