Probate records may mention funeral and burial expenses paid out of money from the estate. Sometimes these expenses may include the name of the cemetery. Sometimes they may not. Even a small annotation on a receipt for funeral expenses may be a clue as to the location of the burial.


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  1. Civil War widow’s pension application gave me a death date for one of my confederate ancestors who rests in an unmarked grave down south.

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