cemetery information

Richard D Thorpe

Question: is a cemetery gravestone a primary source?

Queston: are cemeteries required to meet government standards for accuracy?

Question: how reliable is the information on a gravestone for an person who died mid 1700?

Gordon Collett

1) Kind of. Not for birth information. But probably for death information.

2) No.

3) It varies. I have heard that since gravestones were expensive and difficult to make, if the person making it made a mistake, the family would just put up with it.