Bath Cemetery, Bath, Maine, Route 295 (between Portland and Augusta).\u00a0 Notes made in the cemetery:\u00a0 We walked every stone in the cemetery looking for George Briggs\u2019 stone.\u00a0 It was located on the edge of a mounded hill on the lane for that section.\u00a0 The stone was\u00a0a large one\u2013the only stone in that section.\u00a0 Since the plot obviously held the graves of 7 children and the mother\u2014they were all listed on the stone, we reasoned that the plot was pretty full. Bath Maine, 27 Apr 1999.<\/p>\n
It was as if, George Briggs, having buried his wife and 7 children between 1861 and 1865, placed the stone on the grave and left Maine forever.\u00a0 Leaving all trace of his origins behind him. He never spoke of his family.\u00a0 Please compare the 1870 census in New York<\/strong> City (Manhattan)<\/strong>, for the only family he had left\u2013one surviving daughter\u2013identified as born in Bath, Maine.<\/em><\/p>\n Allied sources:\u00a0 for burials where no stone is found\u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n __Stone carvers\u2019 ledgers or card files __Carpenters account books<\/p>\n __Sextons records<\/p>\n __Newspaper obituaries, in-column articles and ads<\/p>\n __Family Bibles<\/p>\n __Society or business memorial–with names of members<\/p>\n __Printed eulogies<\/p>\n __Local funeral directors\u2013they always have a<\/p>\n Cemetery Map of the area.\u00a0 And some will index maps to each cemetery showing where your ancestors and families are located. Ask local mortuaries or police stations for these maps.<\/p>\n Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle \u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bath Cemetery, Bath, Maine, Route 295 (between Portland and Augusta).\u00a0 Notes made in the cemetery:\u00a0 We walked every stone in the cemetery looking for George Briggs\u2019 stone.\u00a0 It was located on the edge of a mounded hill on the lane … Continue reading
\n(See FHL film #383063 example, Reading, Berks, PA)<\/p>\n