Everyone, Remember that just because stones are not in a cemetery, does not mean that the person(s) are not there. Some people didn't have stones for one reason or another, or the stones are just plain missing. You have to take into account all sources. If you have an obit that says the person is there, or death records etc. You also have to remember that listings of cemetery records are transcriptions. These transcriptions were done by humans and we all make mistakes, this is really important to remember when looking at any records, just as was discussed a couple of days ago. Also just because you have walked a cemetery and don't find the stone, there are many different reasons a stone might not be there, just because it isn't doesn't mean that the person isn't buried there. Just some thoughts, Rene' List Administrator -------Original Message------- From: AsaK@aol.com Date: 5/3/2007 12:11:30 AM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Deposit I visited the St. Joseph's rectory and they were extremely helpful. They made me a cup of tea and let me browse through their marriage and burial books to find my Moran relatives. I took digital photos of the entries (no photocopier), so I didn't have to transcribe everything and it took a lot less time. I got there on a weekday, with no prior notice to them. Sending a letter in advance would be an excellent idea. I also visited the cemetery, but several relatives that should have had tombstones there weren't found. That's still a mystery to me. Anyway, good luck with your research. Asa Gage

Dear All: Aside, the flip side of this is that there maybe a monument, but no burial beneath the stone. It is then, a memorial, and more investigation to be done. I have six burials of family in one plot in an operating cemetery. Three members had the resources for a stone, but for whatever reason, it was not done at those three separate burial occasions. Investigation at the church showed all names, where everyone was placed, dates, etc. In my own experience, I found the cemetery deeds for plots my great grandparents and parents' had bought. These deeds get over looked. After investigation, one might find an open, available space for future burial(s) and the opportunity for a stone to be made then to name all who are buried together. ~Valerie --- Rene' <rtreff@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Everyone, > > Remember that just because stones are not in a > cemetery, does not mean that > the person(s) are not there. Some people didn't > have stones for one reason > or another, or the stones are just plain missing. > > You have to take into account all sources. If you > have an obit that says > the person is there, or death records etc. You also > have to remember that > listings of cemetery records are transcriptions. > These transcriptions were > done by humans and we all make mistakes, this is > really important to > remember when looking at any records, just as was > discussed a couple of days > ago. > > Also just because you have walked a cemetery and > don't find the stone, there > are many different reasons a stone might not be > there, just because it isn't > doesn't mean that the person isn't buried there. > > Just some thoughts, > Rene' > List Administrator > > -------Original Message------- > > From: AsaK@aol.com > Date: 5/3/2007 12:11:30 AM > To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] St. Joseph's Catholic > Church, Deposit > > I visited the St. Joseph's rectory and they were > extremely helpful. They > made me a cup of tea and let me browse through their > marriage and burial > books > to find my Moran relatives. I took digital photos > of the entries (no > photocopier), so I didn't have to transcribe > everything and it took a lot > less time. > > I got there on a weekday, with no prior notice to > them. Sending a letter > in > advance would be an excellent idea. > > I also visited the cemetery, but several relatives > that should have had > tombstones there weren't found. That's still a > mystery to me. > > Anyway, good luck with your research. > > Asa Gage > > > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

To go only slightly off-topic, does anyone have any experience with "dowsing" in a cemetery? I visited the Natchez City Cemetery about a week ago and the cemetery director/caretaker took out some metal devices - cylinders with L-shaped metal rods that were free to pivot - and walked a ten-person plot to tell me that all ten positions were full. Until I saw him do it, I was sure that it was baloney, after watching him I'm not so sure. He walked across the plot and the rods pointed toward each other over the position of each coffin. Incidentally, because of the protocol of burying Husbands and wives, he was able to tell us that my wife's gg grandmother was there without a marker (a 1911 burial). Max -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rene' Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:18 AM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery Everyone, Remember that just because stones are not in a cemetery, does not mean that the person(s) are not there. Some people didn't have stones for one reason or another, or the stones are just plain missing. You have to take into account all sources. If you have an obit that says the person is there, or death records etc. You also have to remember that listings of cemetery records are transcriptions. These transcriptions were done by humans and we all make mistakes, this is really important to remember when looking at any records, just as was discussed a couple of days ago. Also just because you have walked a cemetery and don't find the stone, there are many different reasons a stone might not be there, just because it isn't doesn't mean that the person isn't buried there. Just some thoughts, Rene' List Administrator -------Original Message------- From: AsaK@aol.com Date: 5/3/2007 12:11:30 AM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Deposit I visited the St. Joseph's rectory and they were extremely helpful. They made me a cup of tea and let me browse through their marriage and burial books to find my Moran relatives. I took digital photos of the entries (no photocopier), so I didn't have to transcribe everything and it took a lot less time. I got there on a weekday, with no prior notice to them. Sending a letter in advance would be an excellent idea. I also visited the cemetery, but several relatives that should have had tombstones there weren't found. That's still a mystery to me. Anyway, good luck with your research. Asa Gage To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message