{"id":14308,"date":"2021-11-12T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=14308"},"modified":"2021-11-12T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:43:14","slug":"cemetery-formerly-known-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/12\/cemetery-formerly-known-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Cemetery Formerly Known As?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just like humans and other geographic features, cemeteries can change their names. What was used on a death certificate as the place of burial may not be what the cemetery is known as today or even several years after the burial took place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local libraries, county historical\/genealogical societies, and long-time natives of the area may be familiar with older names for cemeteries. County atlases or plat books may also refer to a cemetery by the name it was called at the time the atlas was published. A search of old newspapers for the name of the cemetery may not provide the new name but may help pinpoint the area in which it was located. A search of county histories or other out-of-copyright material on books.google.com or www.archive.org for the name of the cemetery may also locate references to the location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Searching for the gravestone on FindAGrave, Billiongraves or other cemetery transcription sites may result in a reference to the grave. That’s what happened in this case. But it is worth remembering that the grave could have been moved or there was never a stone. And when using a tombstone website, remember that they may not be complete and that you’ll have to make certain you really have the same person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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