Well, we've all been on a roll lately so I'm hoping it's my turn to get lucky.  A fellow researcher and I have been on a long and tedious search for Hester Dolly Watson McClain Wygal McVey.  "Watson" being her maiden name, and "McVey" being her buried name.   Seriously, this is one of those awesome stories where two years ago, we knew that Hester was born in Los Angeles in about 1899, had her in the 1910 census and then nothing.  Fast forward to today, we have most of Hester's story pieced together, including two of her three marriage certificates and her death certificate from 1932. (She was only 32 years old.)   The death certificate gave us the mortuary, Treadway & Wigger, which is still in existence in Napa, and we contacted them.  They told us this:  "Our records indicate that $30.00 was advanced for a grave at Yountville Cemetery and that $15.00 was advanced to a Mr. Crowley to open & close the grave. "   The kicker here is that they don't have plot information.  Okay, this is the mortuary that buried her, and they don't know where!  We have to assume that "Yountville Cemetery" means the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, and so the question is, does anybody know if this cemetery has been transcribed?  I know it has been photographed without captions.  I know there is a Yountville Cemetery Association that has no web presence, and so far, it's like a black hole in genealogy.  I can't believe that my friend and/or I have missed anything, but I know there is always that chance.   Any thoughts, suggestions as to this cemetery will be very much appreciated!   Thanks to all. Susan

Susan,I probably shouldn't even bring this up but... and I hope this isn't the case with your loved one... again, but... one thing I learned when I was at the Sacramento Old City Cemetery -1992 - 2005, was that after so many years, 25/30, when a mortuary was looking for a place to bury someone and space was limited, they often double buried. They would leave the name but remove the plot information from the plot book add sell the plot as new, add the new name and just have a record as you say that the person was buried at the cemetery but again, no longer list where they were buried. From what I understand, at least what I'm told by a former mortician, there is a CA law that says this practise is indeed legal.  marilyn --- On Fri, 4/26/13, Susan Stuart <marigoldsglen@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Susan Stuart <marigoldsglen@yahoo.com> Subject: [NORCAL] George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery - Transcription? To: "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 26, 2013, 5:29 AM Well, we've all been on a roll lately so I'm hoping it's my turn to get lucky.  A fellow researcher and I have been on a long and tedious search for Hester Dolly Watson McClain Wygal McVey.  "Watson" being her maiden name, and "McVey" being her buried name.   Seriously, this is one of those awesome stories where two years ago, we knew that Hester was born in Los Angeles in about 1899, had her in the 1910 census and then nothing.  Fast forward to today, we have most of Hester's story pieced together, including two of her three marriage certificates and her death certificate from 1932. (She was only 32 years old.)   The death certificate gave us the mortuary, Treadway & Wigger, which is still in existence in Napa, and we contacted them.  They told us this:  "Our records indicate that $30.00 was advanced for a grave at Yountville Cemetery and that $15.00 was advanced to a Mr. Crowley to open & close the grave. "   The kicker here is that they don't have plot information.  Okay, this is the mortuary that buried her, and they don't know where!  We have to assume that "Yountville Cemetery" means the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, and so the question is, does anybody know if this cemetery has been transcribed?  I know it has been photographed without captions.  I know there is a Yountville Cemetery Association that has no web presence, and so far, it's like a black hole in genealogy.  I can't believe that my friend and/or I have missed anything, but I know there is always that chance.   Any thoughts, suggestions as to this cemetery will be very much appreciated!   Thanks to all. Susan ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message