tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764892034202059803.post1133240973857934469..comments2023-07-12T07:04:20.349-06:00Comments on GRAVE MAPPERS: Eagle Scout Service Project: Map a CemeteryJoLynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18306034025158720819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764892034202059803.post-5545191806965782002011-10-07T20:21:11.654-06:002011-10-07T20:21:11.654-06:00Here's a tip for you scouts: look for the Work...Here's a tip for you scouts: look for the Works Project Administration (WPA) records for old cemeteries! This was an effort during the depression to pay people to transcribe gravestones as their job when no one had a job. It was done in the mid 1930s. See if your cemetery was transcribed back then. Many of the stomas that ate unreadable today were readable back then. Your local library may have the records in their reference section!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764892034202059803.post-84777889315549006762011-10-05T09:46:07.636-06:002011-10-05T09:46:07.636-06:00Dear Cameron: You could find out the name of the ...Dear Cameron: You could find out the name of the Sexton (Cemetery's caretaker) or contact the Clerk at the local government office (city/township/village). There should be records that you can view to get that information. Just keep in mind that some graves may be too old and therefore no record may exist any longer. Best of luck to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764892034202059803.post-24167976566313538932009-10-12T17:16:55.443-06:002009-10-12T17:16:55.443-06:00Hello! That is a great project idea! My name is ca...Hello! That is a great project idea! My name is cameron. My eagle project was I set up that monument there and are currently in the process of having a plaque made with all the names of the people buried there up to the year 1950. TONSof headstones are unreadable and will become unreadable after time. My question is how do you know who is buried there at a grave where you can't read the head stone? All the rocks you see out there in that feild are grave markers that have detiorated over time or had nothing on them. How do you know who is buried where?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764892034202059803.post-55469227236820293222009-06-15T05:38:43.608-06:002009-06-15T05:38:43.608-06:00Hi,
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