Can a cemetery tell you where someone is buried?
Can a cemetery charge a fee to tell you where a grave is? No, they’ll ask for when the person died and/or when they were buried. Sometimes they might ask your relation to the deceased. I have the friend’s name, where they lived, when and where they died, but no obituary to note interment.
Who owns FindAGrave?
Jim Tipton1995
Find a Grave/Owners
Over the past 18 years, it has grown to become an invaluable resource for genealogists, history buffs and cemetery preservationists. Find A Grave will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ancestry.com, and will continue to be managed by its founder, Jim Tipton.
How are graves laid out?
The tradition of placing the casket/shroud covered body in the grave with the head to the west is common, and people know about it. At the same time, the feet are to the east. This time, the funeral casket was placed on the side, head to north, and face to east.
How do you locate a grave in a cemetery?
The standard cemetery map breaks down locations into blocks, lots, and sections. These numbers can be found engraved on the side of most gravestones. For example: The red area indicates that a grave would be located in block 1, lot 4, section 6 of the cemetery.
How do I locate a grave?
Finding an Individual’s Grave. Open the website (www.findagrave.com) and find the search box under the title, “Search Millions of Grave Records.”. Use this search when there is at least some information about the deceased person including given name and a year of birth or death, as well as the city in which their cemetery is located.
How can I contact find a grave?
You can contact to Find A Grave customer support for help by email at [email protected] or send them a written request to the Find A Grave Bucks headquarters: 1300 W Traverse Pkwy, Lehi , Utah 84043-5373.
Where can you find a grave?
Once you know the area where the person is buried, you may be able to find their grave online at a virtual cemetery website or headstone database. Even if the cemetery itself doesn’t maintain an independent website, a database may include a photograph of their headstone and it’s location in the cemetery.