We must not have a direct list because we have no numbers. Jon >From: Ernie & Connie Lasley <elasley@sigecom.net> >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] WPA Cemetery plats >Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 19:55:51 -0500 > >Re: Cards, numbers & symbols. > >A plus sign or cross repersents a government upright marker. >A square represents a government flat marker. >A circle represents a private marker. >An I represents no marker.On the plat is a symbol, a dash, and a >number. The number represents the number of the Veteran on the list for >that cemetery. >0 - 8 on the plat would indicate that a private marker marks the grave of >the 8th Veteran on the list. > >Ernie > >At 08:35 PM 04/08/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>Mark, >>I do not know of a WPA listing, except that they marked the maps with an X >>or different symbol for a veteran's grave, denoting either private or >>government stone. >>We have a set of 3" x 5" file cards done during this time, 1939-40, by I >>presume the American Legion. It has always been a mystery as to or whether >>these cards actually go with the plats or were done seperately. As to how >>complete it is, I would say at least 95%. The other mystery is that the >>one and only one file drawer is marked "drawer 1". Does that mean there >>might be a second drawer? Or a third? These cards have now been >>alphabetized and copied in a two volume set, three cards to the page. >>The NARA now has microfilm rolls of cards of veteran's stones. Are these >>the same thing? I don't think so, because they supposedly list the >>contractor who made the stone, etc. They are available in Ft. Wayne. I >>have not viewed them, yet. >>Jon Andrews >> >> >>>From: "mark davis" <md9105@skyenet.net> >>>Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >>>To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: Re: [INPCRP] WPA Cemetery plats >>>Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:22:01 -0500 >>> >>>Jon, >>> >>>Did the WPA do a complete listing of the veterans buried in Knox county >>>in >>>the late 30's or early 40's when they did the plot maps? >>> >>> >>>Mark Davis >>>Hartford City,IN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "jon andrews" <sianoil@hotmail.com> >>>To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:54 PM >>>Subject: Re: [INPCRP] WPA Cemetery plats >>> >>> >>> > On our Knox County maps we have both grids and what appears to be >>>plots >>>with >>> > sidewalks (walkways). None of them are completely accurate, nor are >>>they >>>all >>> > done by the same man. Some are definitely better than others. There is >>>an >>> > article in the local newspaper, about 1940, which talks about the >>>surveys >>> > done and that the men got $5.00 for each recorded cemetery. I assume >>>that >>> > was decent money for the time and the fact that they only did the ones >>>easy >>> > to get to and that some men had to be replaced because of there >>>inability >>>to >>> > stay out of the tavern. So, maybe blurred vision explains why they >>>were >>>just >>> > a little bit off in their measurements. We also have a few which are >>>from >>> > adjoining counties mixed in and a few we can't even find. >>> > Jon Andrews >>> > >>> > >>> > >From: KidClerk@aol.com >>> > >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >>> > >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >>> > >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] WPA Cemetery plats >>> > >Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:42:44 EDT >>> > > >>> > >I don't know if I can help here, especially since Newton County is >>>one of >>> > >the >>> > >counties that the WPA did NOT do cemetery records for. However, for >>> > >whatever >>> > >it's worth, burial lots today are larger than they were 50 years ago >>>or >>> > >more. >>> > > While we sell lots in increments of five running feet today for one >>> > >grave, >>> > >(30 running feet being a full lot of six graves) we have records >>>indicating >>> > >graves that were sold in increments of two and three feet. It does >>>make >>> > >sense since prior to the 1930's vaults were not in use and less grave >>>space >>> > >was required. >>> > > >>> > >Not that it matters, but something to keep in mind. Maybe some of >>>the >>> > >grids >>> > >are "lots" and not single graves. >>> > > >>> > >-Kyle D. Conrad >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >>> > >Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite. >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _________________________________________________________________ >>> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >>>http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >>> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of >>> > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >>> > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>>==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >>>"Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you >>>have." >>> Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >>http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >> >> >>==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >>Please do not send queries through this list. >> > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx