Hi All,
Still new to this forum but wanted to ask a general question about the graves and headstones found in many Devon grave yards.
We have just come back from a week searching for ancestors in Devon and spent quite some time at the records office and searching round church grave yards. We felt quite lucky that we managed to find the graves of a couple of ancestors from 1830's. Looking around this was about the furthest back that we could see dates on headstones and there wasn't too many from this time.
My question is what was done to mark graves before this period? Is it likely that there are many older graves that were either unmarked or that have lost their markers? Is the stone/slate used in Devon prone to erosion?
Regards,
Pete