tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post2320267837640649982..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Time to check out larger cemeteries for listing in online databasesJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-15385741654012138062013-11-19T14:47:46.270-07:002013-11-19T14:47:46.270-07:00Well said James.Well said James.Leona McAllisterhttp://www.discovereverafter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-51437638167037451502013-11-18T18:22:59.106-07:002013-11-18T18:22:59.106-07:00I guess this topic needs to be addressed again soo...I guess this topic needs to be addressed again soon. Part of what I was pointing out is that you cannot assume that the larger private cemeteries are adequately represented in online databases. Thanks for your comment.James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-74618104067232801852013-11-18T17:02:16.000-07:002013-11-18T17:02:16.000-07:00James, you said "But in many instances, at le...James, you said "But in many instances, at least for private cemeteries, there are no complete records outside of the cemetery office. Unfortunately, you can never be sure that the online databases entered by users are exhaustively complete."<br /><br />Most cemeteries in the USA never had an 'office' or 'sexton' and never will. In some cases old farm, church and public cemeteries' surviving gravestone were read and published by WPA or DAR or other organizational projects. Some 19th-century publications included lists of some burials. But even all of these are a small minority of actual burying-grounds. Many have had gravestones removed by 20th- and 21st-century owners in the interest of pasturage or cultivation or fracking. Many markers have deteriorated to the point of being unintelligible today (or even 20 years ago, as I found in one place in NY).<br /><br />Large modern cemeteries with kept records are a boon, but information on most of the prior 300+ years of burials will never be recovered.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com