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From: "Ceal Wutka" <>
Subject: Re: Funeral Home Records
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:48:19 -0500


One funeral home I contacted explained that they only kept records for seven
years. After that, they keep basic information on an index card and destroy
the file. So, I was able to confirm address, birth date, and parent's names.
You are likely to find friendly people at these locations, since they hope
you will use their funeral home for more of your family!

The B & H Meyer Funeral home is still on Warsaw.

I have a lot of cemetery records from St. John and St. Mary's so far. Many
of the Cincinnati cemeteries are on microfilm from LDS. In one film from St.
Mary's, you view the record book and in many cases, these are hard to read.
They may be in German script (these are German Catholic cemeteries) and the
headings for the columns need to be translated.

In both cases, there are other microfilms that show the individual index
cards for each grave. These are easier to read. I connected some families by
the owners of the lot. A ggrandmother, Juliana KETTNER, bought many plots
before her death and so I was able to identify many people who otherwise
would have been questions, all because they were buried in a plot owned by
her. There is a place for the names of the parents, but it is not always
filled in. Also a place for where a person was born, but here I usually just
find the county, such as "Germany." They often did fill in the parish of the
person. The funeral home is almost always there and readable. Location of
the grave will also be there. Birth date may be there, or an exact date can
be figured from the number of years, months, and days if they gave the date
of death.

Caution: they do not always give the date of death. The primary date to them
is the date of burial. The date of death is usually two days before that,
but you can't count on that. My program has a separate flag for burial, so I
enter this date and information separately from the death information. But,
this is close enough to make getting the death certificate easily if your
ancester died after 1908.

Later cemetery records I have seen have been typed and often completely
filled in. These are full of wonderful information!

Ceal

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Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2221 PM
Subject: Funeral Home Records


> Does anyone know if the B. & H. Meyer Funeral Home in Cincinnati is still
in
> existence. In the newspaper obituary for my great-grandfathers in 1942,
it
> states that this funeral home is on Warsaw Ave.
>
> Also, what particular information does a funeral home provide that is
helpful
> regarding genealogy information on the family member you are researching?
>
> What information can you obtain from the cemetery where your family member
is
> buried? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Mary E.
>

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