Steve Hayes wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:42:00 -0400, singhals<[email protected]> wrote: > >> If all you've got is a cemetery stone, you have to assume >> he's not a stray. If you've got the obituary that says the >> man's from Inner Mongolia and buried here -- he's a stray. (g) > > I've found many gravestones in South African cemetaries that say the person is > from somewhere else. I'm not accustomed to finding gravestones that give that sort of detail; most of the ones I see say: John Smith born Dec 12th 1884 died June 21st 1955. There's nothing there to suggest he's not where he should be or not where one would expect (the issue of whether he's in a this-denomination Cemetery instead of a that-one doesn't count here). So, yes, if the marker clearly indicates he was out-of-place, he'd be a stray. Cheryl