That makes good sense. Thanks for letting me know - I believe this information will come in handy for something that I'm currently working on.
Elizabeth
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Jeffers <kjeffers@...>
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: [nscumber] Cemeteries Plot Map
> Elizabeth wrote:
>
> Kathryn,
> Is the information available at the Cumberland County Museum not
> specific enough? I know that they have cemetery maps, but didn't
> pay
> attention when I was there this summer as to whether or not their
> database contains plot numbers (I think it may). I know that they
> also
> have individual data sheets on each grave, detailing the type of
> stone,
> inscription, status of stone (moss covered, good condition, etc.),
> decorations that may be around the gravesite... I know that the
> information they were able to provide for me was sufficient to
> find a
> veritable needle in the haystack in Hillside!
> Elizabeth
>
> ********
> Elizabeth, the maps at the Cumberland County Museum were hand
> drawn by
> the persons who recorded the information from the headstones as
> they
> visit each cemetery in the 1980's, and they number each headstone
> for
> their records. They do not correspond with the plot maps that
> each
> cemetery has and use for burials. In some case, if you ask a
> caretaker
> for a location from the Museum's map, it might be in a completely
> different section on the caretaker's map. Also, the Museum's maps
> do
> not record any burials without headstone, while the plot's map
> should
> have them mark.
>
> Funeral homes are being contact, so hopefully we will attain most
> of the
> cemetery plot maps.
>
> Kathryn
>
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