PROJECT NOTES North Carolina Mountain Region Cemetery Project

               Effective: 17 Nov 2010

Referenced Mapping Resources: 

ePodunk, Find-a-Grave, I Dream of Genealogy, Interment.net, National Register, USGenWeb Tombstone Projects, USGenWeb Project Archives, USGenWeb County Homesteads, Historical Societies, Genealogical Societies, GNIS-Cemetery Queries, USGS Maps, Street Atlas USA 9.0 Mapping Software, Google Earth Maps, Google Mapping Links, County Message Boards & Forums, Genealogy Trails.

Notes:

• It's very common for a cemetery to be known by several different names.

• If the cemetery's alternate name(s) is known it will be noted somewhere on the county webpage. 

• Multiple surnames used to describe a cemetery will normally be listed in alphabetical order. 

•      Example:  Brown-Jones-Wilson Cemetery  (not Wilson-Brown-Jones Cemetery)  

• Surnames will normally come before given names.  

•      Example:  Brown Family, John  (not John Brown Family) 

• It's very common for a cemetery to be known by several different names..!

• If known, alternate names will be noted somewhere on the county webpage listing. 

• Cemetery names will normally be listed in alphabetical order.   Ex: Brown-Jones-Wilson Families 

• Surnames will normally come before given names.   Ex: Brown Family, John 

• Estimated GPS mapping values will normally get you within eyesight of the cemetery.

• Google SATELLITE View and STREET View options are also available when using the following MAP hyperlinks.

• Find-a-Grave (FaG) notation normally means that tombstone inscriptions are available by visiting http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csb&CSst=29.  You can also search for a given SURNAME by visiting http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs&CScnty=2349&.