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In the above case also, think about the consequences of having the developer move the graves. What records might be available to show the new locations of the existing graves in the developed cemetery? This important understand from the standpoint of doing genealogical research, that any particular record concerning an individual may have either never been created or may have been lost.
As I pointed out in the title to this post, how would you like to live on an abandoned cemetery site? By the way, you may be living on an abandoned cemetery site and not know it.
Ron,
ReplyDeleteMy BYU Family History intership was at the Georgia National Archive. One project volunteers were working on was creating an index to all the people and graves that were moved by the Tennessee Valley Authority when they flooded the Tennessee valley. Wonderful interviews of people, maps of cemeteries all in Federal Documents available to the public if they just knew.
Talk about abandoned cemeteries.
This is James, not Ron. Thanks for your note. It is amazing how many interesting and valuable records there are if you know where to look and take the time to look.
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