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From: Dennis Reiley <>
Subject: Re: [MIMUSKEG] Potters Fields
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:21:42 -0400
References: <MB10KiHg4Ho7JW3Xxcj00004410@MB10.myfamilysouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <MB10KiHg4Ho7JW3Xxcj00004410@MB10.myfamilysouth.com>


A Potter's field is where someone is buried at county expense because
the next of kin either does not exist or cannot afford the burial. It is
usually part of a church cemetery or some other cemetery that the county
owns part of.

I would check with the county clerk to see where the present county
burials are made and how long it has been used. Headstones or other
markings are generally not used and the sole record is a notation in
county records as to what plot the burial is in.

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> My great grandmother was buried, according to family history, in a potter's field somewhere in Muskegon County. Haven't been able to locate anything about her. Her name was Getrude VanderStelt, nee Gertrude Van Maastricht.
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> Does anyone know where the potter's fields were located for Muskegon county?
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