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| [[Image:Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg|right|300px|Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg]]Tombstone inscriptions and sextons' records sometimes list a foreign birthplace—often a country, less often a county or city, and a year or even the date of birth, which helps to narrow down the search for the birth and origin of an emigrant ancestor especially in cases of ancestry with common surnames. This is more likely in cemeteries maintained by certain churches. For example, counties of origin are often listed on tombstones of Irish immigrants buried in Roman Catholic cemeteries. In Presbyterian cemeteries, the shire and even the town where a Scottish immigrant was born may be on the tombstone. <br><br> | | [[Image:Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg|right|300px|Tombstones at the Church Street Graveyard.jpg]]Tombstone inscriptions and sextons' records sometimes list a foreign birthplace—often a country, less often a county or city, and a year or even the date of birth, which helps to narrow down the search for the birth and origin of an emigrant ancestor especially in cases of ancestry with common surnames. This is more likely in cemeteries maintained by certain churches. For example, counties of origin are often listed on tombstones of Irish immigrants buried in Roman Catholic cemeteries. In Presbyterian cemeteries, the shire and even the town where a Scottish immigrant was born may be on the tombstone. <br><br> | ||
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If you cannot visit the cemetery, search any transcriptions that may have been made. The Family History Library and state and provincial archives have collections of published and manuscript tombstone inscriptions and some sextons' records. Others are at county and local genealogical and historical societies. | If you cannot visit the cemetery, search any transcriptions that may have been made. The Family History Library and state and provincial archives have collections of published and manuscript tombstone inscriptions and some sextons' records. Others are at county and local genealogical and historical societies. | ||
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