> Does anyone have any experience in getting information from funeral > homes? > > I don't hear about it on any of the mailing lists I'm on. It seems > like it would be a good source of information, but perhaps the > funeral homes are not amenable to it, for some reason. > > "Margie" <margie92@earthlink.net> Yes, to three distinct funeral homes - with one major success and three dismal failures. I'm researching in the D.C., Maryland, Virginia areas. My success involved a MD funeral home that supplied info within a week re: a 1950 funeral, as well as answers to general questions via e-mail. One failure involved a MD home that was bought by another company in ealry 1990's- I got no response 2 years ago - now I understand that the 'new' home has the old records and are charging for information. I have not tried again, yet. Another failure, again no response, was a MD home located in the vacinity of an undertaker ancestor regarding any knowledge of that ancestor in 1920's. The final failure, again no response, concerned ancestors throughout the 1900's and an employee (enbalmer) in the 1920's. Dave "Dave" <barbara-dave@att.net>