finding a deceased friend's grave?

Question

When I was about 7 years old one of my best friends passed away. her parents buried her in ontario and i have no idea where she is buried and they moved so i have no way to ask them. I don't remember her birthday nor do i remember her date of death just the years is there a way i can find any of this information out? I have tried seeing if I can find the information online with no luck

Answer 1

I used to do some work with wills and decedents' estates, so I will give this a try.

1). In all likelihood, it would do no good to contact the Superior Court to check for estate administration because the decedent was a minor and had no assets to administer.

2). It might seem to be logical that you could use a name and date of death to get a copy of a death certificate, but under Ontario law, you must be the deceased "Next of Kin" in order to file an online application for a death certificate. https://www.orgforms.gov.on.ca/eForms/scr_ServiceStandards.do

3). One good choice for date of death information would generally be obituary information in the local newspaper. However, since you do not know the actual date of death but just possibly the year the friend died, it may be impossible to locate that information. Most local newspapers are not indexed, although they may be available at your local library on microfilm.

Also, you could search for online obituaries. Obituaries Today has some Ontario, Canada obituaries: http://www.obituariestoday.com/Obituaries/home.cfm#Search

Another website to check is Ontario Obituaries: http://www.daddezio.com/obituary/depot.ca/OB-ON-NDX.html

Check Free Obituaries On-Line: http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/obit_links.htm#on

Ontarioobits.com should be checked: http://www.ontarioobits.com/

The next is kind of a shot-in-the-dark -- check Canadian Genealogy and History links for Ontario Province at this link: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cemetery.html

Check Roots Web for Ontario: http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/Canada/Ontario/

Check Cyndi's List for Ontario Obituaries: http://www.cyndislist.com/ontario.htm#Records

6). If you know what church she and her family attended, you may be able to get information from the church secretary. Your answers may be just a telephone call away.

5). My last suggestion: contact all funeral homes and funderal directors in your town and ask them to check their records. If you lived in a rural area, that may be really easy because there might be few funeral directors having businesses in the area. This method of last resort has worked for me in the past.

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This is going to be a difficult task for you, and I wish you good luck. I hope you find what you seek.

Answer 2

You might try searching newspaper archives for that area online. And you could research cemeteries in Ontario--some have records in libraries and courthouses. Do you remember what season of the year she died in? Good luck in your search.

Answer 3

The death certificate should say where she was buried... So,
If you have a good idea of when and where she died, you should be able to get ahold of a death certificate...then the cemetery shown on the certificate should be able to direct to the section where she is.

Answer 4

If you know the town she was buried in , contact the local cemeteries.. they keep a list of who and where the plots are...