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    1. Re: [BKLYN] Need Help -- Osterbye
    2. To add to Denise's post...When anyone contacts any cemetery, phoning is the best way to acquire immediate information. What to ask? Ask for the name, address and date of purchase, and the grave location within the cemetery, as if you plan to visit. Often they will mail you a map, free of charge. Everyone complains about the price of interment, but the typical ones reveal all who are buried there, and for each, the date of burial, grave location (if it is a large or double plot) and place of birth. In my pexperience, there are usually surpirse "guests" interred with known ancestors, who may or may not be related. In one of my personal interment lists, I was told my ancestors purchased the grave from another family, who had three babies buried there first--no relation! In conclusion, there is no document that compares to interment lists. Barb Metro NYC Researcher ========== [email protected] writes: > Ask who owned the plot. It appears that John is buried there with Fred. > > Sometimes head stones when placed with the first burial; other times they > were placed when someone could afford them, and not all names were > included.

    03/19/2012 03:21:55