From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 8 08:51:15 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 k68EpFjb017975; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:51:15 -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 k68EpCT3025311 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:51:12 -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 k68CDnFI000971 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:13:49 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k68CDn7q000970 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:13:49 -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 k688c5FI000511 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 04:38:06 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k68BFH4K003531 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:15:17 -0600 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Sat Jul 8 05:15:17 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 k68BFHjb003522 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:15:17 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.42]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k68BFEj6009155 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:15:14 -0600 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-162-26-136.houston.res.rr.com [24.162.26.136]) by ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k68BFDUj026992; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:15:13 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002701c6a280$c630fa50$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: , References: <3ad.52311da.31e08949@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Cemetery Deeds Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:22:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 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 Several have suggested checking with the city .... good only if the cemetery is a city-owned cemetery. It is not likely that a city would have records of a privately held, church related, or family cemetery - or those outside the city limits (and remember that cities enlarged their boundaries so what may be in the city/town now may not have been at the time the cemetery was established). Even with a 'deed' to the individual family plot, these were not usually registered but given to the family to make a claim with the cemetery for burial rights. And the deeds were usually not for the plot of land, but for internment rights. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:06 PM 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