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FUNERAL CARDS are sometimes found amongst family papers. These cards were printed and distributed amongst family, friends and neighbours, often to provide information about the date and time of the funeral, others were simply to inform of a death and can be termed MEMORIAL CARDS - these cards were used as a symbol of remembrance, sometimes a solitary reminder of a relation or friend. The information they provide for furthering family research may be limited but can provide useful information, particularly as to the place of interment.
As well as funeral and memorial cards other means were used to celebrate the lives of the departed. OBITUARY PAMPHLETS were hastily printed, often with a poem, and made available at the funeral and distributed in the locality. There may be anniversary events commemorating the passing of a well respected individual, sometimes a church service, at other times a commemorative Dinner. For instance, a service was held at Truro Cathedral on the 17th April 1971 to celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Trevithick who was born in Illogan Parish on 13th April, 1771.
Cornwall Inscriptions Project have a small collection of funeral, memorial and remembrance cards. Click here to see an index of these cards.
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