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    1. Re: [MIWASHTE] Haven Memorial Gardens
    2. Booker T. Washington Memorial Gardens had its first burial in 1929. The death certificate offen contains disposition of the body or place of burial so if you haven't obtained a death record, that may give you burial information and possibly the funeral director or firm. Many firms from that era are still in business, often under a different name, and that also may give you a possible lead. Newspaper obituaries are helpful, particularly when you have an exact death date. If local papers haven't carried it perhaps a home town paper has. A death from that period most likely was recorded somewhere. Keep digging. Re Haven Memorial Gardens. I have no information about Haven. Memorial Gardens (or Parks) were becoming popular in the 1920's and are so named because the headstones are flush with the ground, giving a Park or Garden appearance, and facilitating maintenance. Consider possibly Haven was really Heaven. Is there a Heaven Memorial Gardens anywhere? Many cemeteries have areas within it having a designation. Perhaps Haven designates an area within a larger cemetery.

    08/18/2003 01:23:26