{"id":10843,"date":"2015-06-12T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=10843"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:44:59","slug":"historic-illinois-cemetery-project-is-documenting-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/historic-illinois-cemetery-project-is-documenting-the-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Historic Illinois Cemetery Project Is Documenting the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many historic cemeteries, the Herrin City Cemetery in Herrin, Illinois, is trying to document all of the persons buried in the cemetery.<\/p>\n

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Source: South Illinoisan (Summer 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So far their efforts have uncovered \u201c89 previously unknown burial sites.\u201d Good work!<\/p>\n

Are you working on a cemetery project this summer?<\/p>\n

If you are, here\u2019s a cemetery research tip.<\/p>\n

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Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Use GenealogyBank to help you find all burials in America\u2019s cemeteries. The example above shows a search using \u201cHerrin Cemetery\u201d in the \u201cInclude Keywords\u201d search box. Since the cemetery name is not a common word, you could also expand the range of accurate results by searching on just \u201cHerrin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also see more of our previous articles about cemetery research<\/a>: https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/tag\/cemetery-research<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Armed with more information on people who have been buried there, it will be easier to document each gravesite.<\/p>\n

Tell us what cemeteries you are working on this summer in the comments.<\/p>\n

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