Here's another source of information about burial dates. Burial permits have been written for people being buried in Indiana cemeteries for many years, probably back into the 1910's. I found that out from looking at one cemetery's records. Here's the problem, though. The funeral home director has to hand these off to some one at the cemetery. In one instance, he had been giving them to the grave digger. Who knows what that person did with them? If the cemetery has a caretaker on duty, I imagine the problem is less frequent. But if the cemetery has its records, ask for this document. I have found some of them, but not all of them, have been kept as part of one cemetery's documents. Otherwise, after 1882, look for death records if the county of death is known. Sharon Mills At 02:46 PM 3/24/02, you wrote: > > Its a Shame ill never get to see my 6th great grandpa headstone where he >was > > burried. its lost forever. what did they do with the bodies that was >burried > > there. > > > > Rhonda > > Now I am no expert on this, but from what I can tell from asking about >this is: some of the bodies were removed and some I know are in Oak Hill, >this I know from talking to the lady in the office at Oak Hill in Lebanon. >This would have been I would guess when they removed the stones. As I think >it would be impossible to "dig up" the right one and remove them. If you >have never seem it, it is a pretty large area, maybe at least 2 acres. I do >wonder though, the stones were supposedly removed in the 50's yet how many >relatives were in fact still around to have their loved ones moved. I would >say not many were removed. The marker reads "Abononed 1872" yet I found >several stones listed that were after that period. Yet still even after >that there are some cemeteries that keep terrible records. I just last week >called the caretaker of one, only thing on the stones were years listed >(1896-1965) there were no records of the month or day he was buried, so that >left a whole year to search for the obituary. Funeral homes and cemeteries >must be made to keep better records, not all of them do keep such terrible >records, but for those that do, something must be done. > > >Kim Hancock > > > > ==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== > > This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your > > donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com. > > > > > > >==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== >This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your >donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com.

Hi, I have visited the cemetery and there is a big stone there that says there are still 500 bodies resting there that were not removed. Just the headstones were removed. So our ancestors that were burried there might just still be there resting. Always Mary Mary Anne Cook Frankfort, Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "J & S Mills" <mills@reliable-net.net> To: <INBOONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: [INBOONE-L] Re: cemeteries and records > > Here's another source of information about burial dates. Burial permits > have been written for people being buried in Indiana cemeteries for many > years, probably back into the 1910's. I found that out from looking at one > cemetery's records. Here's the problem, though. The funeral home director > has to hand these off to some one at the cemetery. In one instance, he had > been giving them to the grave digger. Who knows what that person did with > them? If the cemetery has a caretaker on duty, I imagine the problem is > less frequent. > > But if the cemetery has its records, ask for this document. I have found > some of them, but not all of them, have been kept as part of one cemetery's > documents. > > Otherwise, after 1882, look for death records if the county of death is known. > > Sharon Mills > > At 02:46 PM 3/24/02, you wrote: > > > > > > Its a Shame ill never get to see my 6th great grandpa headstone where he > >was > > > burried. its lost forever. what did they do with the bodies that was > >burried > > > there. > > > > > > Rhonda > > > Now I am no expert on this, but from what I can tell from asking about > >this is: some of the bodies were removed and some I know are in Oak Hill, > >this I know from talking to the lady in the office at Oak Hill in Lebanon. > >This would have been I would guess when they removed the stones. As I think > >it would be impossible to "dig up" the right one and remove them. If you > >have never seem it, it is a pretty large area, maybe at least 2 acres. I do > >wonder though, the stones were supposedly removed in the 50's yet how many > >relatives were in fact still around to have their loved ones moved. I would > >say not many were removed. The marker reads "Abononed 1872" yet I found > >several stones listed that were after that period. Yet still even after > >that there are some cemeteries that keep terrible records. I just last week > >called the caretaker of one, only thing on the stones were years listed > >(1896-1965) there were no records of the month or day he was buried, so that > >left a whole year to search for the obituary. Funeral homes and cemeteries > >must be made to keep better records, not all of them do keep such terrible > >records, but for those that do, something must be done. > > > > > >Kim Hancock > > > > > > ==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== > > > This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your > > > donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com. > > > > > > > > > > > >==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== > >This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your > >donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com. > > > > > ==== INBOONE Mailing List ==== > This mailing list is hosted by Rootsweb. For information on how your > donation can help, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com. > >