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Cemetery [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone tombstones], or [[Sexton Records|sexton's records]], may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse, names of children, and maiden names. Less often, they contain birth places. Tombstones may have [http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelfire.com%2Fky2%2Fcemetery%2Freid.html symbols] or [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave.shtml insignias] indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. There are also [http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml abbreviations] that give clues when deciphered. Also, family members may be buried in the same plot or nearby. [http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm The Association of Gravestone Studies (AGS)] has recommendations on the treatment and care of tombstones when needing to make inscriptions more visible.

*The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from some Washington cemeteries. This collection is described in the “[[Washington Genealogy|Genealogy]]” section. Some tombstone inscriptions are also published in periodicals. See [[United States Cemeteries|United States Cemeteries]] for further suggestions on locating cemetery records.  

*A valuable published collection of tombstone inscriptions covering parts of 12 counties is ''Cemetery Records of Washington'', Six Volumes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957-60.) {{FHL|207845|item|disp=Family History Library films 824254 item 4 to 824255-56; book 979.7 V3p}}

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