Small Family Cemetery Records

Cemetery records include online and paper documents, and headstone pictures.

Usually there is an image of the original record or headstone (JPG files), and a text transcription of each (TXT files).  The files are named by the convention Last Name, First Name, and a short description. The name will be the name at the time of burial (usually married name for women).

• Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California
  • Map of Geographic Location and Headstones 
  • Map of Chico Cemetery Plot Locations   Detail Location Maps (image files)
  • Headstones (image and transcription files)    Records (image and transcription files)
• Sierraville Cemetery, Sierraville, Sierra County, California
  • Map of Geographic Location and Headstones   (WikiMap Satellite View)
  • Headstones (image and transcription files)

Notes:

• Cemetery records are provided to the cemetery by the next of kin responsible for the burial. They may recall incorrectly or the cemetery clerk may make a mistake taking down the information or typing it. For online sources, there may be transcription errors. It may be hard to get a look at the original paper record.
• Similarly for headstones, there may be errors overlooked by the next-of-kin.
• A headstone may have been placed at the time of burial, or much later by surviving kin.
• For handwritten documents, you may have to refer to Handwriting Samples, and compare writings on the same page.
• The date on picture or image files is the date the picture was taken if by digital camera, or the date it was scanned for older pictures.

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