Cemeteries of the U.S.: A Guide to Contact Information for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records
- ISBN-10
- 0810392453
- ISBN-13
- 9780810392458
- Category
- Cemeteries
- Pages
- 1607
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Gale / Cengage Learning
- Author
- Deborah M. Burek
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