For years, I assumed that my aunt Elizabeth (Trautvetter) Herzog, was buried in one of two cemeteries where she had relatives. It seemed reasonable that she was in a grave that was never marked or where the stone had worn away. Dying in her early thirties, she was not buried with her husband who had remarried after her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turned out she was buried in a cemetery where no other relatives are located. Most likely it was near where she and her husband were living at the time of her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not everyone\u2019s buried in the same cemetery as their local kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And\u2026it also helps to have the name of a female relative\u2019s last husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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