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== Funeral Homes == | == Funeral Homes == | ||
Funeral directors in the area where your ancestors lived may have records similar to death and cemetery records. Funeral Homes are listed in online telephone directories such as Canada 411. The cemetery and perhaps an obituary; birth date; birthplace; names of parents, spouse, children, and siblings; addresses and biographies of surviving relatives; insurance company; church affiliation; and officiating clergyman may be found in funeral home records. Funeral home staff are familiar with the location of local cemeteries. A response is more successful via telephone calls or personal visits rather than letters. | Funeral directors in the area where your ancestors lived may have records similar to death and cemetery records. Funeral Homes are listed in online telephone directories such as Canada 411. The cemetery and perhaps an obituary; birth date; birthplace; names of parents, spouse, children, and siblings; addresses and biographies of surviving relatives; insurance company; church affiliation; and officiating clergyman may be found in funeral home records. Funeral home staff are familiar with the location of local cemeteries. A response is more successful via telephone calls or personal visits rather than letters. | ||
To find the name of a current funeral home check online telephone books or contact the: | |||
:[http://mfsa.mb.ca/ Manitoba Funeral Service Association] <br>Box 48067, RPO Lakewood Winnipeg, Manitoba R2J A43 <br>Telephone: (204) 947-0927 <br>Email:[mailto:info@mfsa.mb.ca info@mfsa.mb.ca]<br> | |||
<br> A list of those funeral homes and cemeteries that belong to the association can be found on their web page. | |||
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*Check with funeral homes about the exact location of cemeteries in a community. | |||
*The burial place is listed on death registrations beginning . | |||
*Due to privacy regulations funeral homes may no longer release family information.}}<ref>Hanowski, Laura. "Manitoba Cemetery and Funeral Home Records (National Institute)," ''National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Manitoba_Cemetery_and_Funeral_Home_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | |||
== Cemetery Addresses == | == Cemetery Addresses == | ||