MySource:Jamestanner/"Records from the Philadelphia Cemetery Returns from 1803 to 1860", Typescript

Death date for William Linton, 4 Dec 1851 at age 52, buried in the 4«sup»th«/sup» Presbyterian Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Records from the Philadelphia Cemetery Returns from 1803 to 1860. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project to transcribe all of the death records for Philadelphia. Although this identification is not 100% certain, the approximate age, date of death and burial location are consistent with other supporting information, including the cemetery marker which gives a death date of 1851.

Philadelphia (Pa.). «i»Index to Registration of Deaths, City of Philadelphia, 1803-1806. «/i»Harrisburg, Pa: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1985.

This is a transcription of the index prepared by Project #11791 Work Projects Administration. The original records are deposited with the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, having been transferred from the Philadelphia Health Department under ordinance of Councils, dated April 26, 1934. The subsequent records, from 1860 to June 30, 1915, are held by the Philadelphia Health Department, Room 524, City Hall. The records from July 1, 1915 to date are filed with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vital Statistics."

"These records, so far as yet available, are divided into three groups: 1. The returns made to the Board by sextons of churches, superintendents of cemeteries, etc., together with certificates of physicians, which accompanied them. These are the original papers, covering the period 1825-32, inclusive; but with 1827 and 1830 missing. 2. Register of Deaths, but without the names of places of burial. This is a book, covering the period 1833-37, inclusive. 3. Register of Deaths, giving places of burial. These books cover the period 1838-60, inclusive...."

Records are alphabetically arranged and contain names, cemetery, date of death, cause of death, age, doctor.

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