From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 8 04:04:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k68A4wjb006142; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 04:04:58 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k68A4sMv005810 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 04:04:54 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k687RVFI032335 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 03:27:31 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k687RVJP032334 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 03:27:31 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k681TWFI031616 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:29:32 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6846jYt012418 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:06:45 -0600 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Fri Jul 7 22:06:44 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6846ijb012407 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:06:44 -0600 Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com (imo-d20.mx.aol.com [205.188.139.136]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6846elx016953 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:06:41 -0600 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.3ad.52311da (65099) for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 00:06:33 -0400 (EDT) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <3ad.52311da.31e08949@aol.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 00:06:33 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Cemetery Deeds From: "juanita" I'd also check the city records for plot owners in a cemetery. My dad & mom purchased a plot for 5 burials in a small town in SE Kansas in 1920. Their youngest son was buried there and they later moved away. My aunt in Oklahoma asked if she could use a couple of the gravesites when her parents died in the 1940's and Dad gave her Title to two of them. When it came time for me to bury my aunt I was asked for the cemetery Deed and found a record only in the City court house, or Municipal building, not in the County court house. juanita ------ A lot of people misunderstand cemetery deeds. The right to be buried in a family plot is extended to the plot owner "and his heirs and assigns" and physical possession of the deed doesn't necessarily entitle a person to be buried in the plot--it is based upon inheritance. If a person can't produce the deed but can prove that they are the rightful heir of the plot owner they can be buried in the plot, space permitting. I am in possession of a deed to a cemetery plot bought by my great-grandfather in the 1870s and another that he purchased in 1895. It has been passed down in the family. My great-grandfather paid a total of $5 for each plot and an additional $5 for perpetual care. Each plot contains 6 gravesites. Joan