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From: Susan Hawkins <>
Subject: Re: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Building on cemeteries
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:18:49 -0600


When ever a body has to be moved( at least these past 50 years) if it was done
legally there are papers avail. through the health dept. records, they are
notified. Also the funeral homes usually handle it and have records. Unless its
on goverment land then the corp of engineers has the records.
susan in texas
John Russell-Curry wrote:

> I have several family who I have discovered are in "moved" cemeteries, but
> I can't find them. In other words, the headstones were removed, and
> apartment buildings were built over them, just like in the Poltergeist
> movie!
> What I would like to know, is if there is anywhere that would still
> have a record of those burials. For instance, there was a cemetery in Port
> Perry, near Braddock/Pittsburgh, PA. Now the Port Perry area is fenced off
> and owned by the railroad. I am told that there was an apartment building
> built over the cemetery. Is there any way to find those records? Does the
> county have any obligation to document what happened to the bodies?
> Any help on this appreciated.
>
> Pattee in California
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