You would think they would give it to the geneology society. Sometimes you wonder what people are thinking, especially educated people. >>> Sugarfoot1@aol.com 7/4/2007 10:49:04 PM >>> Bill, Thank you for the great information. I do have one comment where you say 'In the areas you are searching you will frequently find that the church was built in the middle of the churches cemetery, they also keep the records'. I've found that not all church's keep the records. St. Joseph's in Manchester, Mo threw all of their old and not so old records away. They do not even have a record of my grandfather who was buried there in 1970 or my grandmother who was buried there JUST 13 years ago in 1994! I was trying to find out which relatives they were buried on top of, but now, I'll never know. It's a lost cause. They told me that they threw all the records away because they didn't have room to store them. When I asked why someone didn't put the info on computer disk, the man got very irate and told me that they didn't have the time and that no one there really cared about old records. It sickens me to think of all the family history that they threw away. I know that about 15 years ago, they had the records stored in the convent and I was allowed to see them but they stayed in the room with me the whole time. It was a beautiful old book with all the names and dates inscribed. They protected that book like it was gold only to throw it away years later because no one cared?!?!?!? I wish now that I'd been more serious about genealogy but back then, I was more curious than serious. Julee In a message dated 7/4/2007 2:02:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, mo-cemeteries-request@rootsweb.com writes: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:19:24 -0500 From: kimbuc4@juno.com Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] MO-CEMETERIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 111 To: mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20070703.181925.1108.0.kimbuc4@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List members, It seems that many on this list ask about where a particular cemetery is located since they can't find it. GNIS is out there and doesn't contain a listing of all the cemeteries and darn few associated with churches. If you can't find the cemetery, look for the church. In the areas you are searching you will frequently find that the church was built in the middle of the churches cemetery, they also keep the records. In Linn Missouri St. George Cemetery was opened a few years back, not all the bodies were moved to the new cemetery the tombstones were and are now located in the back part of the new cemetery, the bodies are under the parking lot behind the church. Hey guys cemeteries are interesting, historical treasurers and should be taken care of forever. In the olden days people would have family picnics in them. Bill ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message