hcounter@aol.com wrote: > > I would never assume that a family could not afford a stone, but > would always do as she is doing and try to find transcriptions when > older stones are difficult to read. We have found stones from as > early as 1762 and even an obit of sorts back as far as 1822. > Finding transcriptions helped us to know what was on the parts of > the stones that we couldn't read. Hallo I wasn't assuming, more a case of don't assume there is one when there may not be. It is a fact not every family could afford a headstone. At least half the graves in my families have no gravestone. That is not because it has worn or been broken or been removed because it was in danger of toppling. Nor was it a paupers grave. It was because the family couldn't afford one. Or maybe they just didn't want one. The lady who raised the query didn't say what the family occupation was. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/

Agreed. Rather than assuming there either is or is not one, I always search for obits and burials amd stones just in case. And check the records of the cemeteries when we find the burials we search cemeteries and cemetery records. Sometimes we find them buried with extended family members, sometimes on their own. Sometimes we find stones, sometimes notations on the stones of family or extended family, sometimes nothing. But we always look. Same with local newspapers, we always search for mention of the families. Annie in Minnesota -----Original Message----- From: Connie <connie.sparrer@gmail.com> To: kent-eng <kent-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Jul 24, 2013 7:28 pm Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Monumental inscriptions hcounter@aol.com wrote: > > I would never assume that a family could not afford a stone, but > would always do as she is doing and try to find transcriptions when > older stones are difficult to read. We have found stones from as > early as 1762 and even an obit of sorts back as far as 1822. > Finding transcriptions helped us to know what was on the parts of > the stones that we couldn't read. Hallo I wasn't assuming, more a case of don't assume there is one when there may not be. It is a fact not every family could afford a headstone. At least half the graves in my families have no gravestone. That is not because it has worn or been broken or been removed because it was in danger of toppling. Nor was it a paupers grave. It was because the family couldn't afford one. Or maybe they just didn't want one. The lady who raised the query didn't say what the family occupation was. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message