Is there a FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND... mailing list? ----- Original Message ----- From: <elcsweetie@msn.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:36 AM Subject: [MORAY] Re: Alexander Cameron and Anne Miller > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BgC.2ACI/1265.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I advise you try contacting FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND MEMORIAL HOMES. > > They have the best and more detailed information. Since Funeral homes are > the ones who make the arrangements for burials, they have much more > information than cemeteries. > > I had contacted cemeteries but did not get information, as I was told the > cemetery I was inquiring about had suffered a fire in their offices and > they did not have any records of my ancestor. However the > funeral/memorial homes did have the records. > > I later learned that a funeral home/director handles several cemeteries in > greater area. But cemeteries have only records of who is buried with > limited information. > > > > I had the same problem finding links to the surname "McMills" Searching > cemeteries did not help for me. However I came upon the idea that > cemeteries only have list of burial sites and limited information. So... > I contacted Fuenral Homes, Memorial Homes and Funeral Directors in the > area. And found they have everything! Including the paper work listing > the arrangements for burial by the survivors with names, addresses, etc. > > After I contacted a couple of funeral directors, I got a hit! I had only > one ancestors name. But the funeral director sent me without charge or > any fee at all, copies of the funeral arrangements! > > With the information they sent me, I learned the names of the survivors, > their cities, and a lot more information. > > Good luck > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now starting to be > transcribed and volunteers are needed. Would anyone interested in > transcribing the OPR's for our area please contact me via my usual email > address or visit the Moray Rootsweb pages and contact me via the mailing > list Admin. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >