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BELOW IS A SAMPLE "ORDER FOR BURIAL", USED BY THE FRIENDS, AND RECORDED IN THEIR MEETING RECORDS. FOR A LIST OF BURIAL ORDER TRANSCRIPTIONS, CLICK HERE, or BELOW. (Be sure to "scroll" on the records; some have notes.)

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Sample of Burial Order for the Friends

 

 

To: ______________ , Grave-Maker

 

The ____ Day of the _____ Month, 1____

 

 

Make a Grave on or before next _____ day, in Friends Burying Ground, at or near ______________ and therein lay the Body of __________ of __________ in the County of  ________ (notes follow) aged about _________ who died in the ____Day of the ___ Month, One Thousand ____ Hundred and _________

 

The Body above-mentioned was buried the ____ Day of the ____ Month, 1 __

Signed ______ Grave Maker

 

 

This note to be delivered by the Grave Maker, as soon as may be, to the Person who signed it, or to the proper Meeting, in order to be registered.

 

A note sometimes appears in this location, stating "not a member".