Category Archives: Cemetery and Mortuary Research
San Francisco Reburial Mysteries, Part Three
One of the things that really baffled me about the reburials that Patrick Dolan paid for was that his wife wasn’t among them. His wife died a good 20 or so years before him. If he was going to fork out all this money to rebury is sister, Catherine’s family, and to purchase a plot …
San Francisco Reburial Mysteries, Part Two
The first cemetery reburial card that caused me problems was that of Catherine Kelly. The card states that Catherine died 1 July 1872 in San Francisco at the age of 44. She was buried at Calvary and reburied 21 Oct 1890 at Holy Cross Cemetery. I didn’t really question this until I came across the …
Added a Cemetery to FindaGrave.com
Today I worked on Challenge 6 of the Winter Genea Blogger games: Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness. I worked on Task B–Post one or more gravestone photos at Find A Grave. I have been meaning to work on Find A Grave since the beginning of the year as a Pay it Forward. …