This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1393.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Could be: 1 - whoever owns the land it's on (if it's private) 2 - if it's in a cemetery, the cemetery association will know who purchased the plots and perhaps who the current owner is. I would assume unused plots are passed down to family upon the death of the original owner.