-I need some advice. I have family in Lufkin and Huston, Texas. Timothy O'Donovan, died in Feb. 1912 and according to a "Funeral Record" from a Texas Genealogy library, he died and was buried in Lufkin Texas. I can find no death certificate. I was told, "I guess no one bothered to fill one out." According to this record, he was buried in Glendale Cemetery in Lufkin. Many calls to Lufkin stated there was no such cemetery even though there is a lot, section, and ? other information on the funeral record for his burial in this cemetery. I finally started calling funeral homes and with much difficulty found there was a Glendale Cemetery. There is no office at the property and apparantly poor records at best with people very unwilling to reveal any information. The first person I called denied there was a place known as Glendale Cemetery and had me call a gentleman at his home. He gave me the name and number of the person I had just called, and when I called the woman back she said the book with the information in it had a note on it that said not to give information or phone numbers out. I asked her to look up records of this family members and she seemed to become confused and gave the phone to a gentleman there. He called me today and said "apparantly we did not bury this gentleman. We have no such records and the body in that grave belong to a man named McCarthy." P.A. McCarthy is the son-in-law of Timothy O'Donovan. P.A. paid the funeral expenses and made the arrangements for Timothy's funeral. He was buried, after his death, in Houston, TX. I beleive P.A. McCarthy owned the plot in the cemetery. Does anyone have any idea where I can get information that is real. For the life of me , I can not imagine why these people seem to want to conceal this informtion. Is there any city, state agency where these records may be kept? The "Funeral Record" which I received looks just like the one I have for two other family members who died in New York in the 20's but does not include the name of the funeral parlor. It contains very vague information such as the place of the service --"Catholic Church" I have called every catholic church in Lufkin, and they all claimed they did not exist in 1912. Thanks for any thing you can offer . Virginia