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== Types of cemetery records == | == Types of cemetery records == | ||
'''Types of care for Human Burial''': earth burial, cremation, sea burial, entombment, donation to science, and cryogenic. Several types of cemetery records are available. Rural public cemeteries are under the infrastructure administration of the rural municipality, and urban public cemeteries by the local civic government (city hall). Caretakers or cemetery maintainence committees are usually appointed by the municipal government. Churches maintain church yards, and private land owners maintain homesteader burial sites. The municipal government may have kept internment records of the names and dates of those buried and maps of the burial plots in public cemeteries. Some churches have kept burial records that may give birth, marriage and other family or health details. | '''Types of care for Human Burial''': earth burial, cremation, sea burial, entombment, donation to science, and cryogenic. Several types of cemetery records are available. Rural public cemeteries are under the infrastructure administration of the rural municipality, and urban public cemeteries by the local civic government (city hall). Caretakers or cemetery maintainence committees are usually appointed by the municipal government. Churches maintain church yards, and private land owners maintain homesteader burial sites. The municipal government may have kept internment records of the names and dates of those buried and maps of the burial plots in public cemeteries. Some churches have kept burial records that may give birth, marriage and other family or health details.<br> | ||
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Tombstones or gravestones may also exist, or the information on them may have been transcribed. In Saskatchewan many local organisations are working at photographing, video taping and transcribing the cemeteries. Cemetery burial records, sometimes called internment records, often include birth, marriage, and death information. These records along with symbols on a gravestone may provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization, such as a lodge. These records are especially helpful for identifying children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. Visit the cemetery in person to see if other relatives are in the same or adjoining plots. | Tombstones or gravestones may also exist, or the information on them may have been transcribed. In Saskatchewan many local organisations are working at photographing, video taping and transcribing the cemeteries. Cemetery burial records, sometimes called internment records, often include birth, marriage, and death information. These records along with symbols on a gravestone may provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in an organization, such as a lodge. These records are especially helpful for identifying children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents. Visit the cemetery in person to see if other relatives are in the same or adjoining plots. | ||
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*[[Saskatchewan Land and Property Records|Land and Property Records]] are online for Saskatchewan in terms of both scrip for First Nations and Metis persons and Dominion land patent records and applications for homesteaders. Where a person lived and farmed is often a clue to locate the cemetery near this locality. | *[[Saskatchewan Land and Property Records|Land and Property Records]] are online for Saskatchewan in terms of both scrip for First Nations and Metis persons and Dominion land patent records and applications for homesteaders. Where a person lived and farmed is often a clue to locate the cemetery near this locality. | ||
*[[Saskatchewan Census]] records have been transcribed online for the early part of the twentith century and are searchable online also providing a clue to residence and therefore also a clue to loate the cemetery near this locality. | **[[Saskatchewan Census]] records have been transcribed online for the early part of the twentith century and are searchable online also providing a clue to residence and therefore also a clue to loate the cemetery near this locality. | ||
== Types of Cemeteries == | == Types of Cemeteries == | ||
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*Government: town, rural municipality, provincial and national | *Government: town, rural municipality, provincial and national | ||
*Military: There are overseas cemeteries and memorials, for soldiers who died during service to their country. There are graves overseas of soldiers who died serving in World War I. | *Military: There are overseas cemeteries and memorials, for soldiers who died during service to their country. There are graves overseas of soldiers who died serving in World War I. [http://svwm.ca/ SVWM Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial] honours those from Saskatchewan serving in the armed forces who have fallen in military service.<br> | ||
*Family or private: homestead burials. | *Family or private: homestead burials. | ||
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== Terms == | == Terms == | ||
''Cenotaph:'' engraved on a tombstone indicates an empty grave, with the stone erected in memory or in honor of a person buried elsewhere. Abbreviations are often used on headstones. A list of abbreviations, including military abbreviations, is available | ''Cenotaph:'' engraved on a tombstone indicates an empty grave, with the stone erected in memory or in honor of a person buried elsewhere. Abbreviations are often used on headstones. A list of abbreviations, including military abbreviations, is available online | ||
== Locating Cemeteries == | == Locating Cemeteries == | ||