Sharon, Every cemetery is slightly different. One I have been to listed the date of burial, age, cause of death, lot number, etc. Other just list who is buried in the plot. Some I have seen shows who owned the plot, date of burial and age, and even a "map" of the plot and who is buried in which. This was helpful when the stones were so old to have no writing discernible any longer. I have to say in each instance, no matter what data was available, I was able to glean something from the records I didn't have before. Good Luck! Mike Johnston Oswego, IL -------------- Original message -------------- > Who can tell me what might be gained by trying to access cemetery records? > The times I have dealt with caretakers or "powers that be", all they have > told me was where the person was buried. Do they have other information I > should be asking about? Thanks Sharon > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0510-1, 03/11/2005 > Tested on: 3/14/2005 9:33:04 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > >