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| | FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | | | FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] |
| | FS_URL_02 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies#Pennsylvania Record Finder|Pennsylvania Record Finder]] | | | FS_URL_02 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies#Pennsylvania Record Finder|Pennsylvania Record Finder]] |
| | FS_URL_03 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]] | | | FS_URL_03 = [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies]] |
| | FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]] | | | FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present]] |
| | FS_URL_05 = [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy]] | | | FS_URL_05 = [[United States, Tombstone and Sexton Records]] |
| | FS_URL_06 = [[Pennsylvania Vital Records]] | | | FS_URL_06 = [[Sexton Records]] |
| | FS_URL_07 = | | | FS_URL_07 = [[Cemeteries]] |
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| | RW_URL_01 = [https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Vital-Statistics.aspx Pennslvania Historical and Museum Commission] | | | RW_URL_01 = [https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/certificates/Pages/Death-Certificates.aspx Pennsylvania Department of Health] |
| | RW_URL_02 = [http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/faq.html City of Philadelphia Department of Records] | | | RW_URL_02 = Find a Grave: [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2147965/charles-evans-cemetery Charles Evans Cemetery] |
| | RW_URL_03 = [https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/certificates/Pages/Death-Certificates.aspx Pennsylvania Department of Health] | | | RW_URL_03 = Billiongraves: [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Charles-Evans-Cemetery/83810 Charles Evans Cemetery] |
| | RW_URL_04 = [http://www.interment.net/us/pa/index.htm Interment.net Cemetery Records Online] | | | RW_URL_04 = Interment.net: [https://www.interment.net/us/pa/berks.htm Interment.net Berks County, Pennsylvania] |
| | RW_URL_05 = | | | RW_URL_05 = [https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Vital-Statistics.aspx Pennslvania Historical and Museum Commission] |
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| | custodian = Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory in Reading, Pennsylvania | | | custodian = [http://www.charlesevanscemetery.org/ Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory, Reading, Pennsylvania] |
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| == What is in This Collection? == | | == What is in This Collection? == |
| Burial records from the Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory in Reading, Pennsylvania. This collection includes permit books, burial cards, and diagram cards. Burial cards and diagram cards are an index to the permit books. Burial cards list the name of the deceased, lot owner, lot number, lot section, age at death (year, month, day). (On the cards where birth and death dates are indicated - this information supplied by the funeral director. The cemetery then determined from this information the year, month and day of the age of the deceased). Diagram cards list lot number and section along with a diagram of the lot and persons interred there on. Microfilm of the original records is located in the Charles Evens Cemetery and Crematory. | | Burial records from the Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory in Reading, Pennsylvania. This collection includes permit books, burial cards, and diagram cards. Burial cards and diagram cards are an index to the permit books. Burial cards list the name of the deceased, lot owner, lot number, lot section, age at death (year, month, day). (On the cards where birth and death dates are indicated - this information supplied by the funeral director. The cemetery then determined from this information the year, month and day of the age of the deceased). Diagram cards list lot number and section along with a diagram of the lot and persons interred there on. |
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| == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == |
| The following information may be found in these records: | | The following information may be found in these records: |
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| *Approximate death date | | *Approximate death date |
| === Search the Index === | | === Search the Index === |
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| === How Do I Analyze the Results? === | | === How Do I Analyze the Results? === |
| Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. | | Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. |
| == What Do I Do Next? == | | == What Do I Do Next? == |
| Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.
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| === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === |
| *Add any new information to your records | | *Add any new information to your records |
| *Use the information to find other vital records such as marriage and birth | | *If available, check the image for additional information |
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| === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === |
| *Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives | | *Try searching by surname only |
| *If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality | | *The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name |
| *Standard spelling of names typically did not exist. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images | | *Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century |
| *Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials
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| === Research Helps === | | === Research Helps === |
| The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]]. | | The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Pennsylvania, United States Genealogy|Pennsylvania]]. |
| * [[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] | | *[[GuidedResearch:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Guided Research]] |
| * [[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]] | | *[[Pennsylvania Research Tips and Strategies]] |
| * [[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]] | | *[[Step-by-Step Pennsylvania Research, 1880-Present]] |
| | | == Other FamilySearch Collections == |
| === Related Family History Library Holdings === | | These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research. |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/142331 Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory. Cemetery records, 1848-1979] | | === FamilySearch Catalog === |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/395576 Wanda Gartner, et.al., comp. ''Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania veterans burials to 1944.''] | | *{{FSC|142331|item|disp=Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory. Cemetery records, 1848-1979}} |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/574924 Schuyler C. Brossman, comp. ''A list of veterans buried in the western part of Berks county, Pennsylvania.''] | | *{{FSC|395576|item|disp=Wanda Gartner, et.al., comp. ''Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania veterans burials to 1944.''}} |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/326622 Raymone E. Kiebach. ''Cemeteries of Berks County with graves of U.S. war veterans.''] | | *{{FSC|574924|item|disp=Schuyler C. Brossman, comp. ''A list of veterans buried in the western part of Berks county, Pennsylvania.''}} |
| | | *{{FSC|326622|item|disp=Raymone E. Kiebach. ''Cemeteries of Berks County with graves of U.S. war veterans.''}} |
| | === FamilySearch Historical Records === |
| | *{{RecordSearch|3535178|Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999}} |
| | *{{RecordSearch|3512181|Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880}} |
| | *{{RecordSearch|2287449|Pennsylvania Obituaries, 1977-2010}} |
| | *{{RecordSearch|1999196|Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994}} |
| | *{{RecordSearch|4138690|Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971}} |
| | *{{RecordSearch|3743478|Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950}} |
| | === FamilySearch Digital Library === |
| | *{{FSC|27721|item|disp=Morton L. Montgomery, compiled, ''Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania : embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families'' 2 volume, Chicago, Illinois : J.H. Beers & Co., 1909}} |
| == Citing This Collection == | | == Citing This Collection == |
| Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. |
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