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)

A burial number is just that. I is the listing in the burial register. Those listings are in the volumes Fairview Cemetery (there are 11) of those volumes, arranged by date. Burial numbers are entered by date. If the person died in March of 1886, they would have a higher burial number than a person who was buried in Febuary of that same year, but if the person was moved to or from another site, they would usually be given an additional number - a later number, and it would fall in order of the burials between the original burial number and the present number for that day. Sometimes, it is not mentioned that a person was moved to a location, sometimes it does. An entry would usually contain: Burial Number, name, age, death date, burial date, birthplace, residence at death, cause of death, dr., undertaker. Some years contain more info than others, but sometimes all you may see is "Mr. Sinex", Mrs. Jones' Child, "German child", "Old Man", age, but no other info and rarely not even a burial date. Did I confuse you? You might try Southern Indiana Genealogical for details of the books. Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 2:33 PM Subject: [INFLOYD] BURIAL NOS. 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.

Thank you Sue. I do have several of the Southern Genealogical Society publications and have used them extensively. What I was actually referring to was the sketch of the Sinex Vault giving dates & numbers indicating possibly something I could order through the County Clerk's office. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue P. Carpenter" <spcarpenter@ka.net> To: <infloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [INFLOYD] BURIAL NOS. >A burial number is just that. I is the listing in the burial register. >Those > listings are in the volumes Fairview Cemetery (there are 11) of those > volumes, arranged by date. Burial numbers are entered by date. If the > person > died in March of 1886, they would have a higher burial number than a > person > who was buried in Febuary of that same year, but if the person was moved > to > or from another site, they would usually be given an additional number - a > later number, and it would fall in order of the burials between the > original > burial number and the present number for that day. Sometimes, it is not > mentioned that a person was moved to a location, sometimes it does. > > An entry would usually contain: Burial Number, name, age, death date, > burial > date, birthplace, residence at death, cause of death, dr., undertaker. > Some > years contain more info than others, but sometimes all you may see is "Mr. > Sinex", Mrs. Jones' Child, "German child", "Old Man", age, but no other > info > and rarely not even a burial date. > > Did I confuse you? You might try Southern Indiana Genealogical for details > of the books. > > > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 2:33 PM > Subject: [INFLOYD] BURIAL NOS. > > > 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. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >