NBGS Genealogy Cafe'

North Beach Genealogy Society Hosting a Genealogy Cafe' Thursday, October 22nd 2026 11:30am to 3:30pm At the Ocean Shores Public Library Text Carrie at 206-276-7889 to schuedule an appointment.

Find an Unmarked Grave

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Grace Averill

Some ancestors are most likely in unmarked graves, which might present a puzzle to be solved. Here are two cases in point. 

Case 1: Little Baby Lost

An ancestor, named Mabel Averill, died in Illinois shortly before her first birthday, but her body was returned to Nebraska for burial according to her death certificate. No cemetery or undertaker was on the certificate. Her parents, now living in Illinois, felt it best that she be buried with her older sister who also died when very young. Her older sister, Grace, was buried in the Wisner City Cemetery.

The puzzle was: where was Mabel buried?

Finding a Grave in a Connecticut Cemetery Using Google AI

Steve Averill will soon be visiting Connecticut and plans to visit family sites around Pomfret. As part of the "research, visit, follow-up, repeat" approach, he's been identifying interesting places to visit and things to do. One item Steve Johnson calls "a five dollar mystery" concerns locating particular gravesites in large, old cemeteries that do not have good maps. In this case, the cemetery has over 2,700 graves and looking without "knowing" could result in a full day with no joy. Fortunately, Google AI helped a lot.

Google AI helped Find a Specific Grave