I recently wrote the article Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 3: Burial & Cemetery Records, which included a discussion of BillionGraves.com. This handy website provides an app that can be used to find the burial site of a relative. Let’s look into this a little more. BillionGraves is a free Internet site that encourages genealogists,... (Read More)
Bertha Welch (1883-1903) died 12 February 1903 from the complications of childbirth. A wooden tombstone for her was created and placed in historic Valley Brook Cemetery in Breckenridge, Colorado. This was the last legible wooden tombstone still standing in the historic Colorado cemetery, where it had been placed over 110 years ago. Then suddenly... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about how her family honors the veterans buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Southern California... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena writes about the challenge of locating your ancestor’s burial place—and explains how to find out if a cemetery has been moved. Most genealogy articles written about cemeteries focus on how to find your... (Read More)
Genealogists and the curious have been touring cemeteries since time immemorial. Here is a newspaper article about a 1913 tour of Portland’s pioneers buried in the Lone Fir Cemetery in Oregon. That cemetery is still actively offering tours today: see Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery – 2012 Calendar of Events. Be sure to check... (Read More)
An article about the Phillips family in 1891 digging up a Family Bible that had been buried in the grave of a niece 25 years earlier to claim a fortune... (Read More)
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