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Cemeteries are regarded as the location where people are buried after they die. They are often known by various terms such as graveyards, burying grounds, burial grounds, burial plots, 'churchyards', and several other terms. A cemetery may be operated by a municipality, or it may be operated by a church or religion, a funeral home or other private company, or a fraternal order. | Cemeteries are regarded as the location where people are buried after they die. They are often known by various terms such as graveyards, burying grounds, burial grounds, burial plots, 'churchyards', and several other terms. A cemetery may be operated by a municipality, or it may be operated by a church or religion, a funeral home or other private company, or a fraternal order. | ||
===Record Types and Content=== | |||
====Headstone Inscriptions==== | |||
Information recorded on headstones (also known as tombstones or gravestones). Sometimes, multiple family members are buried in the same vault and the inscription will give information on all that are buried there. Often, this information has been transcribed, indexed, and published and is found '''online and in manuscripts and books in libraries and archives.''' | |||
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====Written Records==== | |||
are information recorded by cemetery officials or caretakers, included in parish and cemetery records recorded by the civil authority. Written records include: | |||
*Cemetery sextons' records | *Cemetery sextons' records | ||
*Municipal cemetery records | *Municipal cemetery records | ||
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*Maps | *Maps | ||
'''Cemetery records may provide information such as: ''' | '''Cemetery records may provide information such as: ''' | ||
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*membership in an organization. | *membership in an organization. | ||
== | ==Records by Location== | ||
Search by country: | Search by country: | ||
*[[:Category:Cemeteries]] | *[[:Category:Cemeteries]] | ||
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[[Category:Cemeteries]] | [[Category:Cemeteries]] | ||
==Strategies | ==Research Strategies== | ||
===How to Find the Cemetery=== | |||
*Not all cemetery tombstones have been transcribed and published online or in book form. | *Not all cemetery tombstones have been transcribed and published online or in book form. | ||
*Some cemeteries are located next to a church. If the church name is known, search there first. | *Some cemeteries are located next to a church. If the church name is known, search there first. | ||
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