Illinois, Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains an index to interments, interment worksheets, and burial cards for Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 *  Internment Worksheet
 * Name
 * Date of Death
 * Section


 *  Burial Card
 * Name
 * Residence
 * Block, Lot, Description
 * Burials: No:Name of Interred &(Grave Location),Date


 *  Internment Records
 * Name
 * Date of Death
 * Age
 * Place of Internment
 * Location of Grave
 * Cause of Death

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor in the card index, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found the Person I was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information found in the death records to search for the family in census records
 * Search for an obituary and cemetery records
 * Continue to search the index and records to identify other relatives

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby localities

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Illinois.
 * Illinois Guided Research
 * Illinois Record Finder
 * Illinois Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Interment worksheets; record of interments, 1875-1985; burial cards. Greenmount Cemetery.
 * Quincy Cemetery records and cemetery book, 1838-1847

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Illinois Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009
 * Illinois, Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999

Related Digital Books

 * Great River Genealogical Society. Greenmount Cemetery (Quincy, Illinois) 3 volumes.

Citing This Collection
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