Thank you. I am a direct descendant of Thomas Sinex who established the Thomas Sinex Family Vault in the early 1850s. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wintu@aol.com> To: <infloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [INFLOYD] BURIAL NOS. > > > the cemetery assigns numbers to each plot/grave. that is their own record > of > the location for cemetery use only. some cemeterys are privately owned and > some are county/state owned and each has their own rules. if there is no > headstone they can locate the grave by the burial/plot number. they have > their own > map and a numbering system of each plot or burial which includes the > vaults. > when you bury someone they get information about the deceased person and > that information is in their records. cemeterys have not always been up > to par > on record keeping and its up to them what information they need/want or > have. > i don't think they would release it unless you have reason to have the > information or if you can provide that you are kin. i would also guess > the person > would have to be deceased for at least 50 yrs before releasing info > unless you > are kin because its info about the deceased and next of kin. all you can > do > is contact the cemetery and keep in mind, each cemetery is different, and > ask > them. > > In a message dated 9/10/2006 11:34:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > waughtel@oz.net writes: > > What if anything would the Burial No. mean as far as getting more > information? I have a sketch of the SINEX Vault in Fairview with names > and locations - > some of the names have what is shown as "Burial No. ". Is this something > that can be checked out at the cemetery office at Fairview? Or does it > pertain to a County document where I could order a copy of it? If so, > what > possible information might be shown on these? > > Thank you for any help you might be able to give me. > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > > > > > > not all those who wander are lost.....wintu > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >