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From: "Kristi Lam" <>
Subject: RE: [AZ-CEMETERIES] Casa Grande
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:09:00 -0500
In-Reply-To: <020901c0cd40$f31032e0$6919a5ce@n6d5c4>


Gail,

Guess it depends on how "literal" we want to be with the definition of
tombstone. This is my thoughts on it, speaking from my experience on the
Tombstone Project (I now do 170+ counties in four states...all of which I
took over from someone else...that is, to say, more than just my ideas went
into what got added to these listings). Of course, most of the listings are
your typical cemeteries. However, there are also burial records from
mortuaries (which include the names of people in many different
cemeteries--sometimes even different states, AND people who were cremated
and never buried); church burial records--which are the listings of everyone
for whom that church held a service (which includes the names of people also
in different cemeteries and those cremated and not buried), records for
Potter's Field cemeteries, in which nearly all graves are unmarked; and so
on.

People come to the Tombstone pages looking for the deceased. We all presume
our ancestors to be buried in marked graves, so the Tombstone Project is a
logical place to look. Of course, once we get there, we sometimes learn
otherwise...not buried where we thought; find a note that says "cremated" or
"unmarked grave" or "exhumed and reburied" in another place. Last month I
walked a Nebraska cemetery that had a section of stones for people who were
actually buried in Illinois!

Anyway, the Tombstone Project may not be the only place for such a listing,
but the more places it is listed, the more people who will find it. Another
good place would be the AZGenWeb county page, if that county coordinator is
interested in adding to her page. I'll also do some checking...there surely
must be some websites especially serving this topic.

But like I said...just my little idea on the matter. <grin!>

Kristi

-----Original Message-----
From: Gail Meyer Kilgore [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:34 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [AZ-CEMETERIES] Casa Grande


Hi Kristi and all...

I guess my question is... it is called the Tombstone Project.. the
Japanese were cremated so how would you put this into the Tombstone Project?

Also, going thru these records many were shipped out to other cemeteries but
their deaths are recorded here... you can't put that on the Tombstone page.
What about all the graves that I located that do not have tombstones?

I have this info and wondering where I am going to put it...

The Weaver Cemetery is locked and I have to find the family with the key to
get in but I have all the info on the graves and if there is a marker I have
that but not sure what is on the marker and if there is no marker I have the
information on who, in some cases, is buried there and who they are related
too and birth dates and death dates but no tombstone.... Think about it!!
The ones with markers I have genealogical info on them too not just
tombstone inscriptions.

Example: Hoyt, Ira is buried in Grave 45, no nothing....no marker.. that is
it. BUT, I have this: Came to Arizona about 1894 with the Phillips and
Weaver families. Was a hired hand for them in this area. No marker and no
information of birth or death.

Gail


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