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    1. [PAMONTGO-L] Catholic Cemeteries Office
    2. catherine r. buck
    3. Many thanks to all for the help re Flourtown. Now what do I do? My gr grandfather was buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery on Feb. 1, 1896. I obtained this information from his death certificate from the Philadelphia Archives. No Section, No Range, No Lot number, No grave number were on the certificate. Wanting to obtain a "lot survey", in other words, to find out exactly where he is buried, and who else might be buried with him, I obtained from the Catholic Cemeteries office what the phone person refered to as a "genealogy form". The form requires that I fill in all of the above blanks - section, range, lot, grave number, (if known) , or without that specific information my request for a Burial Record cannot be processed. Any records the family may have had regarding the above information disappeared decades ago. Any suggestions on how I would go about getting the required information? Or does your experience tell you that if I just send in the date of burial and his name, that the Catholic Cemeteries Office will pull up the information? Or will I have to plow through the Philadelphia cemetery returns for that date? I can get a film from the LDS but what a daunting task. Since it is the Old Cathedral Cemetery, would I look for "Cathedral Cemetery" or for "Old CAthedral Cemetey"? I'm tempted to send them the $15.00 required and write in "unknown" on section, range, lot, grave number. So, what do I do now? Ruth in GA.

    03/22/2000 01:38:06