Yes Janet, I learned the hard way. For a few years I had the plot bought by my gggrandfather with his first and second wife, her sister and husband buried there but no sign anywhere in New York of him. He was not listed in the plot. Finally I found him in a city census and went year by year for 4 years until I found his death and his death certificate told me when he died and with an exact date they found him there with his two wives. Cozy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Crawford" <reojan@gmail.com> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:34 AM Subject: Re: (CORK) Where do I look? > Well, that's another problem, Beth. Not all ARE on the headstone. In > fact, sometimes very few of them are on there...but they are down > there. > > Janet > > On 9/21/06, Beth Glaser <eaglaser@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> With the cost of headstones being a bit pricy for some it makes sense to >> have one real nice one for an area or family plot and to have all the >> names >> put on the one stone. I've seen that a lot looking for my family in Irish >> Catholic cemeteries in New York. That plus after a certain number of >> years >> because of decomposition you can stack coffins. After finding some of my >> family in New York the care takers there told me 1. I had family there. >> 2. >> There was still room in a few of the family plots. and 3. I owed upkeep >> costs on the plot. If I could show direct relationship to the past owner >> I >> could "move in". I came back to Los Angeles and told my New York husband >> we >> had property right next to where he grew up. He asked about the >> "neighborhood" so I read off a few names and he said it sounded good to >> him. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "kaye vernon" <kjvernon@bigpond.net.au> >> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:23 AM >> Subject: Re: (CORK) Where do I look? >> >> >> > well surely they wouldnt all be buried in the same grave........it >> > would >> > be >> > mighty crowded. >> > Kaye >> > www.bananatv.com/familytreechecklist.htm >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message