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

[Lisa L. Jones]

Anne,
 
On several visits to Albany I have tried to reach the Riverside Cemetery
Assn., but never with any success.  Here is the address & phone #:
 
Riverside Cemetery Assn.
PO Box 785 Albany, OR 97321-0272
541.928.0490
 
If you have better luck than I have had, please let me know.  I can
update the Linn Co. website if you find any further information .
 
Lisa
 
-----Original Message-----
From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Anne Comer
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 4:02 PM
To: Robert L. Casebeer; OREGON-L at rootsweb.com; or-roots
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Re: [OREGON] Re: Fortmiller Funeral Home in
Albany
 
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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