Yes, don't cemeteries keep written records of whom is buried in which plot? -----Original Message----- From: Dick Carter <rcar37@prodigy.net> To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 8:26 AM Subject: RE: "The Books" >Sharon, I do not believe that you are understanding what I am looking or... >I know that some cemeteries do have only the Owners of the plot. But, >surely, someone has a list of the actual parties buried there.I do know >that Combs, at Quincy, and Samyria, in Morgan County, and Mannan in Morgan >and Owen Counties, have lists of who is buried there... Yes, someone had to >acquire the names, and some were acquired at the time of burial... Case in >point, my gggrandmother is buried at Combs,in 1866, But, she does not have a >stone, and as far as I know, never did, but, she is in the records. .. Also, >my mother is at Samyria, and until 40 years ago,(she died in 1942) she didnt >have a stone, and neither my brother nor my sister, had a stone,and still do >not, yet, they are in the "Book" of Samyria...My wifes father is buried in a >plot owned by a Church, in Linden NJ., but, the "Books", show him in the >grave... So, they had to be added at the time of burial... These are the >types of books I am looking for. > As I said in previous letter, I have no intention of infringing on your >Webpage, nor "stepping on your toes". I am just trying to obtain a record >that should be made available to everyone. And there are a lot of people who >are not physically able, or geographically located, to be able to go to the >cemetery to copy stones. I have to believe that there is some kind of moral >rule, if not a legal one, concerning the recordkeeping on burials. If there >is not, there should be. > I have explained again, my intent, and Have apologized again. If that does >not, relieve your concerns, I can live with that. > > >Dick Carter >rcar37@prodigy.net > > > > >============================== >Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: >Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at >http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >