burial if i know the name of the child?
2006-12-20 12:56:24 · 8 answers · asked by liam.cornes 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Perhaps. If you have some partial information such as parents names, date of birth, location, that type of information.
Differing localities will have records going back to different periods of time so if you locate the place of birth, contact the vital statistics department in that town or county to see if you can locate the record of birth or burial records. In general, a burial record would have had been kept if the stillbirth and burial had been handled by public officials (for example, health department, a doctor, public assistance) or by a church or cemetery. But many of these records weren't standardized or maintained publicly until well into the 20th century for many localities.
2006-12-20 13:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by keyz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know the name of the child, his parents, an general idea to the about dates of birth and death, where he was, and likely place of burial than you may find the grave.
I have found several children graves by walking a cemetery. In several cases I can identify who the child belong to by several methods. The first is that the tombstone actually states that Joe is the son of Adam Brown.
Second, check out nearby tombstones to see if any are related. Even if all there is "J B," born date, and death dates, but the next tombstone is Jack Brown's who is J B's grandfather and more of the family is here.
Finally go over the cemetery that parents are buried and ancestors are buried. Why? Just to make sure that little Joe or Ann wasn't buried by Mom's grandmother' or grandpa. Check on both sides if the entire family lives in the same region. The baby might not be where you expect it.
2006-12-20 16:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by KyAmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know the location of the burial-State, county, township. Most states are now listing Pioneer Cemeteries, of which you maybe able to find online, some states GenWeb sites will have those cemeteries listed. If that doesn't work out for you. Do a search for churches in the area. If you have an idea what denomination they were back then, try hooking the older churches with newer churches. When Pioneer churches closed they most usually transferred their records to the next larger church or Parish. They may still have the record of the child.
2006-12-22 18:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by smwbugging 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how far back this was and of course the religion. For example, if the parents were Catholic and the child was stillborn it could not have been baptised or buried in consecrated ground. It is also unlikely that there would have been a birth certificate.
Just thinking about this make me very sad. There may be no record whatsoever other than the memory in your family.
2006-12-20 22:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by Charlotte C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. They would be internment records and you could ask for the information from the cemetery that has the grave site.
I did that in Ontario, Canada
2006-12-21 00:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by beaton_tlc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely, even if you have the name.There wouldn't be much record since it was a papuer's grave. The more recent it was the more chance you have.GOOD LUCK!
2006-12-20 13:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by aa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will probably also need to know the name of the cemetery and the funeral home or church that performed the interment. The information will be there, it will just require a little more effort.
Good hunting!
2006-12-20 13:07:49 · answer #7 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should still be a birth certificate. you don't say where this birth occured but i would check with the town or parish or state first if you have the birth date and parents names... a birth certificate provides a lot of info.
2006-12-20 16:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋