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Religious burial registers contain various information. Typically they include the name of the deceased, the birth and death dates, the date of burial, and a burial place. These records may be maintained by a religious organization even though they do not have their own burial grounds. |
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If a clergyman officiated at the burial of an ancestor, as custom dictated almost everywhere, the burial register he compiled should be examined. Generally those entries contain more information than what is recorded on a tombstone. |
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Write to the local parish or congregation of the denomination to which an ancestor belonged to obtain a transcription or preferably a photocopy of the burial register entries for your ancestors. |
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Most religious burial registers have not been abstracted, but thousands have been microfilmed. The largest collection can be used at the LDS Family History Library and Family History Centers. Registers of local interest may appear in the collections of private, religious, public, university, and state libraries. |
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