Do you have holes in your family tree? As you fill in the family tree, you may get lucky and find more family history hidden in the funeral record. There is a good deal of information on cemetery headstones. I found the headstone of my great grandfather. (I didn't really find it, my cousin found it and posted it on our family web site) If you get a picture of the headstone, you are in luck. Most of us walk away thankful for what we have. However, dig a little deeper, while you are there, and look at the possibilities. I find my great great grand fathers name and my great great grandmothers maiden name. This is huge information. My great grandfather was from Ireland. This opened up a new avenue of research. Cause of death Apoplexy. This is not much help. In early 1900 apoplexy had a lot of meanings. I you lost consciousness and then died suddenly they called it apoplexy. It could have been a heart attack, ruptured cerebral aneurysms, an aortic aneurysm may have been the case with this one. Many in my family suffer from aortic aneurysms. Some funeral records that I have found even tell you how long the person was sick. The occupation is even interesting. My grand father was a stonecutter. John E Farrell was his father in law. He may have worked with him at some point, maybe even learned the trade from him. The family story is becoming more clear with every bit of information that we find. This one document filled a lot of holes.
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