As a side note to cemetery info. Please, please do not enter a burial date unless you have specific knowledge that it did indeed happen on that date. If an individual died on the first of the month it does not necessarily follow that he/she was buried that month. Many factors such as war casualty, frozen ground, probate battles, foreign death etc. etc. can delay for substantial periods. Never assume........... TomM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM

I do often date burials as "aft [death date]" so that the cemetery info will sort to the most convenient position - right after the death date. It doesn't define exactly when, but it's pretty safe to assume that it was AFTER death! Janis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Montgomery" <tommontgomery@cox.net> To: <legacy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Burials > As a side note to cemetery info. Please, please do not enter a burial date > unless you have specific knowledge that it did indeed happen on that date. > If an individual died on the first of the month it does not necessarily > follow that he/she was buried that month. Many factors such as war > casualty, > frozen ground, probate battles, foreign death etc. etc. can delay for > substantial periods. Never assume........... > > TomM > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: > 12/18/2006 > 1:45 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEGACY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

True. I have one person who died in Feb 1962, but was not allowed to be buried until summer 1963. (Long story- courts, suits, investigations involved.) I don't actually enter a "Buried" date, unless I have some source I can refer to that I can say, "See, *this* says she was buried on that date. That is where I got it the information." I want some kind of source to support me first. Robert -----Original Message----- From: legacy-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:legacy-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Tom Montgomery Sent: 2006-12-19 09:49 To: legacy@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Burials As a side note to cemetery info. Please, please do not enter a burial date unless you have specific knowledge that it did indeed happen on that date. If an individual died on the first of the month it does not necessarily follow that he/she was buried that month. Many factors such as war casualty, frozen ground, probate battles, foreign death etc. etc. can delay for substantial periods. Never assume........... TomM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEGACY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message