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Posted: April 14 2008 at 9:54am | IP Logged Quote 10 Bright Stars
Hi all,

I know this is not really homeschool related, but I figured where else can you ask over a hundred folks a question???

My grandmother and my aunts traveled over a large section of New Jersey this past weekend looking for the graves of certain relatives, for some reason. (They live in VA) Anyway, they cannot seem to locate the grave of my great-great grandfather, and no one seems to have any recollection or record of "where" he is. Where do you go about looking up something like that? I figured there would be something online that would have a record, or do you just go to the county and ask? I don't know if they even know what county he was buried in. Who keeps track of that kind of stuff????

Thanks for any help you can offer.........
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Posted: April 14 2008 at 10:24am | IP Logged Quote hylabrook1
Could they request his death certificate from the State Dept. of Vital Records? I'm not sure that that will list the exact place someone is buried,though. Also, if you Google New Jersey Genealogy, you'll be directed to lots of sites where you might find cemetery transcriptions, where genealogy buffs have gone into cemeteries and listed what the gravestones say. These are usually sorted by name of cemetery, but the locations of the cemeteries is given, so if you know where he is buried or what town or county it was in, even the cemetery name, you might start to unravel some threads. Sometimes there is list of burials taken from the cemetery record, so even if there is no stone, you can still learn someone is there. I'd start with www.Rootsweb.com; look around on that page and see if there are links that might get you into the state or county genealogy sites.

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Posted: April 14 2008 at 10:29am | IP Logged Quote insegnante
Maybe they could search the Web or use an online newspaper archive to find an obituary/death notice? When there is a fee to view an individual article it is usually small like around $3 or $5.

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Definitely check the obituaries first if you know (or have a general idea about) where he lived ... and about when he died.

Also, census records could be a help.
A copy of his death certificate (gotten from the State dept. of health in Trenton) might be the best place to start.

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This website might help.



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If the relatives were buried in a Catholic Cemetery,the cemetery usually keeps good records of the plots.I think that they are required by the Church.You can call the office of the cemetery if they have a record of the people in question.
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If no family member has a copy of the death certificate or the death notice, knowing the date of death will be helpful in finding the death notice. Also, if you know the county of the death, it will save lots of time and money if you have to contact the State Dept. of Vital Records for a records search. It's been my experience that the death certificate tells the name of the cemetary.

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