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St Mary's Cemetery Cemetery Records | Saline County, Illinois

Cemetery burial records, location, and grave search - Saline County, IL

St Mary's Cemetery is indexed as a cemetery record in Saline County, Illinois. Use this page to confirm the cemetery location, review available burial-record matches, compare nearby cemeteries, and decide when an official source should be checked.

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Site info snapshot

St Mary's Cemetery Overview

Burial records 8

Veteran-linked records 8

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Quick answer

How do I use the St Mary's Cemetery page for cemetery and burial research?

Use this page to confirm the cemetery first, review the map and source signals, scan the burial sample for likely matches, and then step back to Saline County or Illinois only when the search needs broader geographic context.

Verification note

Use this cemetery page as a research starting point

St Mary's Cemetery is listed with cemetery-location and burial-record context in the current archive. Map coordinates help identify the cemetery area, but they should not be treated as exact grave coordinates. Verify sensitive burial, veteran, visitor, or legal details with an official cemetery, county, VA/NCA, or primary-source record.

Use this cemetery page for

Search linked burial names

Review names currently connected to this cemetery before widening the search.

Confirm cemetery location

Use county, state, source label, and map context to confirm the place.

Compare nearby cemeteries

Check nearby cemetery pages when the place name or family location is uncertain.

Verify official details

Confirm sensitive details with cemetery, county, VA/NCA, or primary-source records.

Cemetery profile

About St Mary's Cemetery, Saline County, Illinois

St Mary's Cemetery is currently indexed under Saline County, Illinois in the Cemetery Finders archive. This page is designed to answer place-intent searches for the cemetery itself while also giving person-name researchers enough context to decide whether this is the right burial site before searching deeper.

This page combines place context, source labels, map information, available burial records, and nearby cemetery links so visitors can continue research without losing the Saline County location context.

The current archive includes burial records with military branch or service-context fields linked to this cemetery.

Who manages this cemetery

Veterans Affairs-linked source coverage

Step-by-step search guide

How to Search St Mary's Cemetery by Name, Place, and Record Context

Confirm the cemetery before searching names

Check the county, state, type, and source label at the top of the page.
Use the map block below to validate that this cemetery aligns with the place you expect.
Only after the place is confirmed should you search for similar personal names.

Why this matters: Person-name searches are much cleaner when the place is validated first, especially for common surnames and repeated family names.

Review burial depth and record quality signals

Check how many burial records are currently linked to this cemetery.
Look for veteran-linked records, plot details, and date range signals to judge how rich the underlying record set is.
If the sample looks thin, widen to the county archive instead of forcing a narrow search too early.

Current record depth: 8 burial rows, 8 veteran-linked records, and 0 visible plot-detail signals.

Use county and state archives as your fallback path

Return to Saline County if you need nearby cemetery alternatives or broader local coverage.
Move up to Illinois when the search needs regional context or county comparison.
Use this layered path instead of repeating blind searches across unrelated places.

Alternative search methods

Alternative Search Methods & Record Paths

Method	Best For	Speed	Coverage
Direct burial search	Known full names	Fast	Live cemetery-linked sample
County archive review	Nearby cemetery comparison	Medium	Strong
State archive review	Regional fallback research	Medium	Broad
Map + place confirmation	Location validation	Limited	Pending

Map & directions

St Mary's Cemetery Map, Address & Directions

Map coordinates are not available yet for this cemetery. Use the county archive and related cemetery list to continue place-based research.

Location details

Address: ELDORADO, IL

County: Saline County

State: Illinois

Best next step

If the place looks correct, review the burial sample below. If not, move back to the county archive and compare nearby cemeteries before searching names again.

Burial record sample

Burial Names Connected to St Mary's Cemetery

Showing 8 of 8 burial records at St Mary's Cemetery. Page 1 of 1.

Note: Burial entries reflect currently indexed archive rows. Date, plot, and service details may be incomplete or source-limited.

Name	Dates	Military	Plot / Notes
Daniel Lee Hering	1946-04-21 – 2022-01-27	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Charles Eugene Mahoney	1944-06-08 – 2021-10-13	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Daniel Aloysius Zahnle	1939-05-18 – 2021-09-01	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Edward G Miller	1938-11-09 – 2021-06-11	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Delmar F Friel	1939-11-29 – 2021-03-03	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Edwin Louis Varel	1935-08-09 – 2021-01-01	US ARMY	Plot context limited
D Dewayne Dace	1946-12-12 – 2020-01-10	US ARMY	Plot context limited
Edward M Thurn	1944-08-30 – 2019-01-25	US ARMY	Plot context limited