All, This was a response to my note about the index and contains some very good and valuable advice. I thought I would share with everyone. Leona says it much better that I ever could. Thank you Leona Joe Leona, I know what you are saying. My index in only to the cards and I've had many many requests for the complete record of what is on that card. I've ask the cemetery to copy the lot books for me (I agreed to pay for this) and they wouldn't do it. Besides, like you say below, those index cards are only a clue, not a absolute. So many of the cards are so poorly typed and the information so minimal that I usually give people the e-mail address to contact the cemetery for further information. Joe -----Original Message----- From: GenealogyBug [mailto:GenealogyBug@Gustafson.net] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:23 AM To: joefleshman@netzero.com Subject: Re: [OHFranklin] Green Lawn Index Hi, Joe! I sure hate to be a nit-picker, but you keep saying that you're sending the complete record to people when there is so much more to most of the records. To get a complete record they need to write to the cemetery and ask for it. The interment cards that were filmed by the FCGHS are really only the index to the complete record. Sometimes the plot contains the remains of several generations with many different surnames. The complete record usually contains the names and relationships (to the owner) of everyone buried in the plot and is accompanied by a map showing the locations of each individual grave. Sometimes there are notes added to the record. This is especially true if a person's remains have been removed and taken to another cemetery or moved to a different location in Green Lawn. The reverse is true, too; if a body has been removed from another cemetery and brought to Green Lawn--there will be a note on the records that gives information not shown on the interment card. I've had people question the accuracy of the interment card when the Green Lawn interment takes place months or even years after the death of the individual. This can't be written off as a mistake made by the person who typed the interment card--the complete record should be checked. In the case of one family that I know of, the complete record helped the researcher track a family member from Columbus to Cleveland--he'd had no clue what had happened to that particular branch of the family. When I got the complete record for him there was a note that a child had been reinterred in Cleveland. Sorry, I didn't mean to write a five minute speech. Leona --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.703 / Virus Database: 459 - Release Date: 6/10/2004