Comments on: Work With the Dead: Strange Ways to Make Money http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/07/22/work-with-the-dead-strange-ways-to-make-money/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nancy Wanderski http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/07/22/work-with-the-dead-strange-ways-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-954183 Nancy Wanderski Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:04:27 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=7466#comment-954183 The coolest job I think would be the customer service person who retrieves the data to helps family members locate old gravesites in a cemetary. I am currently doing some family geneaology research and I found it fascinating working with such a person who retrieved the old cardstock cemetary records dating back to the late 1800′s. To actually handle these old records, and to learn the addresses of my ancestors who passed on, and the illnesses they died of was intriguing. To think that a typist using an old manual typewriter prepared these records one-at-a-time, and listed antiquated terms for cause of death was really amusing. There is so much history here. With all the privacy laws now, I would guess that deceased name, date of birth, and date of death is all that would be collected. I learned so much and was able to find ancestors I didn’t even know about. This job probably pays very little, but seems like a nice, quiet, fulfilling workday, with little pressure. The popularity of cremation will certainly reduce the need for cemetary workers. I would love to provide this service for people!!

]]> By: Sam Parker http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/07/22/work-with-the-dead-strange-ways-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-954154 Sam Parker Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:44:55 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=7466#comment-954154 Most of the funeral home jobs pay a small salary.Having worked in several funeral home jobs a state license is involved for better position.This is not a good addition in my opinion.

]]> By: uRabbit http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/07/22/work-with-the-dead-strange-ways-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-953250 uRabbit Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:03:28 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=7466#comment-953250 All the positions listed here require previous experience and/or college education.

I would not consider this to be a good addition to the “Strange Ways To Make Money” series, as it typically includes odd-jobs and the like.

Otherwise, I could blog for years about off-the-cuff strange jobs.

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