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Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization. | Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization. | ||
=== | === Cemetery Records Contain === | ||
Cemetery [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone tombstones], or [[Sexton Records|sexton's records]], may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse, names of children, and maiden names. Less often, they contain birth places. | |||
Tombstones may have [http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelfire.com%2Fky2%2Fcemetery%2Freid.html symbols] or [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave.shtml insignias] indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. There are also [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] that give clues when deciphered. The Association of Gravestone Studies (AGS)] has recommendations on the treatment and care of tombstones when needing to make inscriptions more visible. | |||
Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. [http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm | |||
Use cemetery records to: | |||
*Identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. | *Identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. | ||
*Establish family relationships and locate family members. | *Establish family relationships and locate family members. | ||
For Utah, there are statewide indexes and collections for many cemeteries. Some of these have been indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]] available to browse on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/2078505 Family Search Historical Record Collections] | For Utah, there are statewide indexes and collections for many cemeteries. Some of these have been indexed in the [[Early Church Information File (ECIF)|Early Church Information File]] available to browse on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/2078505 Family Search Historical Record Collections] | ||
=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||