most if not all states require burial permits, and they are kept in the county recorder's archives. Jeff On Sat, 5 Aug 2000 10:29:28 -0500 "Dick Carter" <rcar37@prodigy.net> writes: > 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/ > > Jeff Scism, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ Every Blacksheep is eventually shorn. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.