----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Kuck" <jkuck@elmnet.net> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:43 PM Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] MAPS SHOWING CEMETERIES > The following information on maps showing cemeteries is from Ancestry Daily > News, 16 May 2001, which brings you "Your Daily Dose of Genealogy." This > is a free newsletter from Ancestry.com, and anyone can sign up and receive > it at no charge. I find much that is useful in their newsletter. > J. Kuck > > > MAPS SHOWING CEMETERIES > > When I go into a courthouse I go into the Tax Assessor's office and > purchase a DOT map of the county. I then take a red ink pen and circle > the cemetery signs on the entire map, so when I am able to visit an > area where I know my ancestors lived, I can follow the rural roads > directly to the cemeteries that I want to search. I know from > experience that in GA those maps I purchased in 1970s had the > cemeteries identified, but a more recent one for Bibb Co., GA does not > show the cemetery symbol. I wish that they would continue these > markings on the maps for those of us trying to locate our loved ones so > long ago passed on before us. > Naomi Buckner > > Editor's Note: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names > Information System can be searched for cemeteries by county. Just pick > a state, enter the county, and under "Feature Type" choose "cemetery" > at: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > The list of cemeteries in the database shows the town or city that each > cemetery is located in, and by clicking on a particular cemetery, you > can get the exact location. Maps, and sometimes aerial photographs, can > also be brought up and zoomed in on.