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Laid to Rest: Church Death and Burial Records

  Image: rawpixel   Records of our ancestors' deaths can be found in a wide range of places. Beyond death certificates or registers, clues to an ancestor's death can be found in cemetery maps, meeting minutes, even church bulletins.  I've found death information in some unusual places and have learned more about ancestors in the process. I wrote about some of my finds in the article, "Laid to Rest: Church and Burial Records," for the June 2025 issue of Stirpes , the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society. They've given me permission to share the article. I hope it gives you some new ideas of where you might find your ancestor's elusive death information. Until next time...   
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CCC PHOTO DISCOVERY

 

Thomas Kozlina (3rd from left, bottom row), with members of his CCC 329 Co., Pine Grove Furnace, winter 1934-35.1

by Nancy Gilbride Casey


Genealogical serendipity is real! 

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about my discovery that my grandfather Thomas Kozlina was in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1934-35, when he was 23. He was stationed at the Pine Grove Furnace CCC Camp No. 51 in Cumberland County, from Fall 1934-March 1935. He was a member of 329 Company, which worked on state forest projects.

Today, I received a stack of photos from my Mom's cousin Marlene in Pennsylvania, which included several never-before-seen photos of Grandpa's time in the CCC. She had discovered them in an old photo album full of family photos.

Over the next few weeks, I'll be scanning and sharing more photos, but for today, here are photos of Thomas Kozlina from the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Wielding tools of the trade in the state forest CCC camp.

Posing in the snow and sun.

Horseplay during down time.

Thomas Kozlina  (2nd from right), with other members of 329 Co.
  

Two formal photos in front of camp headquarters perhaps?


Until next time...

Special thanks to Cousins Marlene who provided the photos and Cousin Joe who supplied notes on the photos. Thank you for helping preserve our family history.

 

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NOTES

Various photos of Thomas J. Kozlina, age 23, Civilian Conservation Corps, 329 Co., unknown photographer, Cumberland County, 1934-35; private collection of N. Casey [address for private use], 2022.


 



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