[or-roots] Re: [OREGON] Re: Fortmiller Funeral Home in Albany

[Anne Comer]

Thanks, Robert,  but printed copies, or easier yet, the online listing 
of the burials of a cemetery do not include names of those who have no 
stone.  The reason why this is so is, because the records are made by 
dedicated people who give their time and effort to walk the cemetery and 
copy down the information that they can read.  If there is nothing to 
read. . .   nothing can be listed.  So, because my grandfather never had 
a stone, he is not listed.  Sexton's records, on the other hand, should 
be able to locate the grave of any person, stone or no stone.

Riverside has been surveyed twice,

once by "WPA Linn County Cemetery Survey, researched & prepared by 
Leslie L. Haskin on 12-1-1939"
and secondly: "The Riverside Cemetery Directory was compiled in the 
early 1980s as an Eagle Scout project under the direction of Joel 
Christensen. Under Joel's direction, a group of dedicated Boy Scouts 
recorded the names directly from the stones in the Riverside Cemetery, 
Albany, Oregon. The scouts recorded over 5,100 names.  This survey was 
subsequently formatted for the internet and is available at Jan 
Phillips' website."

Still hopeful,
Anne



On Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 02:17  AM, Robert L. Casebeer wrote:

> Anne, have you gotten in touch with the Linn County Genealogical
> Society...they may have printed copies of all the cemeteries in Linn 
> County,
> Albany is the county seat. Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Comer <comerslr at mindspring.com>
> To: OREGON-L at rootsweb.com <OREGON-L at rootsweb.com>; or-roots
> <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Date: Friday, May 02, 2003 8:54 PM
> Subject: [or-roots] Re: [OREGON] Re: Fortmiller Funeral Home in Albany
>
>
>> Thank you to each one who responded to my query.  I have the obit, but
>> what I am really trying to find out is the location of my grandfather's
>> grave. He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Albany but since he has 
>> no
>> stone, the transcriptions of the burials do not include him. I thought
>> the funeral home records might give a clue.
>>
>> Let me try this another way.  Does anyone know if there are any 
>> sexton's
>> records for Riverside Cemetery, and how one could get access to them?
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 10:02  PM, Jane wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,  When the Fortmiller Funeral Home was sold out, the owner keep all
>>> of
>>> the records.  He felt they were not pubic records.  They have not
>>> surfaced.
>>> The only record would be an
>>> obit that was written up in the newspaper or the death certificate.
>>> This information was told to me by the Fisher Funeral Home who bought
>>> out
>>> Fortmiller.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Anne Comer" <comerslr at mindspring.com>
>>> To: <OREGON-L at rootsweb.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:09 PM
>>> Subject: [OREGON] Fortmiller Funeral Home in Albany
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is the Fortmiller Funeral Home in Albany still in existence?,   and 
>>>> how
>>>> can I contact them?  And if not, have it's records been preserved
>>>> somewhere?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,    Anne
>>>>

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