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=== Cemetery Records reveal... === | === Cemetery Records reveal... === | ||
[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See [[United States Cemeteries]] for more detail. | [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] See [[United States Cemeteries]] for more detail. | ||
Use cemetery records to: | |||
*Identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in birth or death records. | |||
*Establish family relationships and locate family members. | |||
*Learn a person's religious affiliations, military service, or social (Masonic, fraternal, or other) organizations the person joined. | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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{{Tip|Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. Symbols and abbreviations may lead you to other records.}} | {{Tip|Family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. Symbols and abbreviations may lead you to other records.}} | ||
=== Collections === | === Collections === | ||