{"id":1607,"date":"2009-02-26T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2009-02-27T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T02:24:57","slug":"hes-buried-in-waldheim-cemetery-or-is-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=1607","title":{"rendered":"He’s Buried in Waldheim Cemetery… or is he?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I downloaded the death certificate from the Cook County Genealogy Online<\/a> website for a cousin whose name was Albert Schaaf. He died April 26, 1935 in Chicago. According to the Death Certificate he was buried in the Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois – along with hundreds of thousands of other folks. Forest Park has far more dead residents than live ones. There are only about 15,000 live folks<\/a> residing there. Waldheim Cemetery alone has over 175,000 very quiet folks who stick to themselves pretty much.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Jeff Bockman and I stopped by Waldeim Cemetery<\/a> and asked about Albert Schaaf. They had no record of him – which explains why my previous requests for information had gone unanswered. I’d also questioned the record, as I had no idea that the family was Jewish – Waldheim Cemetery being a Jewish Cemetery. Upon looking at the death certificate copy that I carried, the secretary told me she thought that my guy was probably buried at Forest Home Cemetery<\/a> – which used to be called Waldheim (Waldheim being the German word for Forest Home). It’s about a mile away. We called over there and they told us that they had a Albert Schaff buried there, but he died in 1898 – not 1935. We went to the cemetery and found that this Albert was the father of the Albert I was looking for, buried beside my cousin Magdalena Gfeller (d May 12, 1930), and Margaret E. Schaaf (d June 4, 1945) Magdalena and Margaret have no headstone, and Albert’s is almost illegible.<\/p>\n

The photo (taken by Jeff) shows the Forest Home sign next to the gate. On the wall of the office in the background is a bronze plaque with the name Waldheim on it.<\/p>\n

\"foresthomecemetery\"We never did come up with burial information on the Albert who is stated to be buried there. Forest Home requires information requests to be sent by
\nmail – along with $25 for the first person and $5 for each thereafter. So I’m planning to send $40 – and hope they find another body – that of Albert.<\/p>\n

So – just keep in mind that your ancestor may have been buried officially in Waldheim, but Waldheim may have had a change in names, now being Forest Home – and you still may not find him… I’ll update this when Albert Jr. is located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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