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Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] MO-CEMETERIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 112
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:49:04 EDT
Bill,
Thank you for the great information. I do have one comment where you say
'In the areas you are searching you will frequently find that the church was
built in the
middle of the churches cemetery, they also keep the records'.
I've found that not all church's keep the records. St. Joseph's in
Manchester, Mo threw all of their old and not so old records away. They do not
even have a record of my grandfather who was buried there in 1970 or my
grandmother who was buried there JUST 13 years ago in 1994! I was trying to find out
which relatives they were buried on top of, but now, I'll never know. It's a
lost cause. They told me that they threw all the records away because they
didn't have room to store them. When I asked why someone didn't put the info
on computer disk, the man got very irate and told me that they didn't have
the time and that no one there really cared about old records.
It sickens me to think of all the family history that they threw away. I
know that about 15 years ago, they had the records stored in the convent and
I was allowed to see them but they stayed in the room with me the whole
time. It was a beautiful old book with all the names and dates inscribed. They
protected that book like it was gold only to throw it away years later because
no one cared?!?!?!? I wish now that I'd been more serious about genealogy
but back then, I was more curious than serious.
Julee
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List members,
It seems that many on this list ask about where a particular cemetery is
located since they can't find it. GNIS is out there and doesn't contain a
listing of all the cemeteries and darn few associated with churches. If
you can't find the cemetery, look for the church. In the areas you are
searching you will frequently find that the church was built in the
middle of the churches cemetery, they also keep the records. In Linn
Missouri St. George Cemetery was opened a few years back, not all the
bodies were moved to the new cemetery the tombstones were and are now
located in the back part of the new cemetery, the bodies are under the
parking lot behind the church.
Hey guys cemeteries are interesting, historical treasurers and should be
taken care of forever. In the olden days people would have family picnics
in them.
Bill
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