Iowa, Dallas County, Violet Hill Cemetery, Lot Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains lot purchase cards for Violet Hill Cemetery located in Perry, Iowa. The cards identify the purchaser of by lot, block and section no. It also includes those individuals buried in the lot. Records range from 1846 to 1988. Records will be added if more become available.

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

 Lot Records 
 * Purchased By
 * Name (of Deceased)
 * Last Residence
 * Date of Death
 * Age
 * Cause
 * Undertaker

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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

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 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
 * Search for church records

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 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

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

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Certificates of death, 1881, 1887-1888, 1922-1927
 * Violet Hill Cemetery records, 1846-1988
 * Dallas County Cemeteries, Iowa
 * Perry Legion Application for Grave Makers, 1850-1980

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Iowa Death Records, 1904-1951

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