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Subject: Re: [APG] Coffin Maker's Records?
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:50:25 +0000


There are records for a coffin maker in Cameron County, PA, that specify the exact size of each coffin made for a particular person. Besides the benefits Mary mentioned below, if an ancestor appears in these records you will know his approximate height! Children are often named only as "child of (father's name)" but the size of the coffin gives one an idea of whether it was an infant, small child or older child. Of course, my ancestors from this town used a different coffin maker, whose records did not survive. ;-)

Cathi

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From: "Mary Scrudder" <>

> Debbie-
>
> I'm sure every record can be different in the information that is available
> but I have an ancestor who made coffins in Pittsylvania, Virginia in the mid
> 1800s. He was a wheelwright and must have made coffins on the side. In
> some of the records he left there is mention of coffins made for specific
> families, whether it was for a child or adult, and a date when the coffin
> was made. For some researchers, this might be the only information they
> have for undocumented children. This is also a great source to place a
> family, in an area, in a specific time, and some good social and economic
> information. I think such records could yield great information.
>
> Mary Scrudder
> Austin, Texas
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> Hello Chuck & list members,
>
> These records sound like a good source.
>
> I have not heard of them before now.
>
> Could someone explain in more detail about these records?
>
> How would you find these records?
>
> What information is usually in these records?
>
> What time period?
>
>
> Thank You
> Debbie Freeman
>
>
> Chuck Mason
> Fairfax Co, VA
>
> They also have coffin maker's records from the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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