Is there anyway to find the names of those buried there?

The DAR read tombstones back in 1929-1931 for all of Kent County. Woodlawn is run by the City of Grand Rapids but the City is in a bad financial bind and has only one clerk working for all the cemeteries and she has to handle any current burial in all the City cems which takes priority over requests like yours. This only clerk works at Woodlawn Cem which is 2530 Kalamazoo Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI, 49507. It is better to contact her directly than to go through the City Recreation Department on Market Street. She does not have access to an online computer. The DAR list is on-line by cemetery. This 1929-31 list is also in straight alpa order at the Grand Rapids Pulic Library, 111 Library St NE 49503 but this list is not any more current. The on-line list is more up to date but I don't know how to paste the online address buts its a Kent County site provided by rootsweb as this list is. So you should be able to find it there, somehow. Of course, there may be another Woodlawn Cem somewhere else outside of the City of Grand Rapids. You don't specify any particular Cem in any particular City. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Woodlawn Cemetery > Is there anyway to find the names of those buried there? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.13/463 - Release Date: 10/4/2006 > >

Hello, I have walked this cemetery and the staff is extremely helpful. Who are you looking for? Regards, W.R. Walker This is the entry for Oakgrove and Woodlawn Cemeteries. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/#woodlawn Cemetery: OAK GROVE CEMETERY (Sign - View - Hilliker Headstone) Alternative Name(s): Oakgrove Cemetery. Section: 8 Street Address: NW corner of 28th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. Access off Kalamazoo. 1401 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI Ownership: City Owner Contact Information: City of Grand Rapids, Cemetery Division of Parks and Recreation Dept., 201 Market SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 456-4500. Office Hours: 8-11:30, 12:30-5. Transcriptions: DAR1926(ES) 1983. Microfilmed records available through LDS. Record Sources: Compendium, Sourcebook (12,22), DAR. History: Unknown. Religious, Ethnic Affiliation: None reported. Description: This cemetery is nearly hidden. It, too, is located at 2350 Kalamazoo Ave. S.E. (See Woodlawn.) The only way into this cemetery is by entering the drive to the MacKay-Grand Rapids Jaycees Family Park entrance. (This entrance is across the street from the office of Woodlawn Cemetery and next to the Fire Station.) Follow this drive all the way back until you see the sign for Oak Grove to your left. From there a dirt road leads into a section closed away by trees. Well-maintained, private and still active. One building. did see one broken headstone and the ground was very soft in many areas. Dirt road leads throughout the cemetery. Cemetery: WOODLAWN CEMETERY (Sign - View) Alternative Name(s): Walker Cemetery Section: 8 Street Address: 2530 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI. Major intersection is 28th Street and Kalamazoo to the south and Kalamazoo, Alger and Nelson streets to the north. Ownership: City. Owner Contact Information: City of Grand Rapids, Cemetery Division of Parks and Recreation Dept., 201 Market SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 456-4500. Office Hours: 8-11:30, 12:30-5. Transcriptions: DAR1931, 1939, 1983, ?JH2000 (This link no longer working.) Microfilmed records available through LDS. Record Sources: Compendium, Sourcebook (10v3,12,33), DAR. History: Between August 6 and September 28, 1920 the city secured options on all land for this cemetery with the main purchase being 132.64 acres from old Pantlind farm at a cost of $25,000. Total of 290 acres, with 36 acres developed on the east or "Protestant" side and 22.5 developed on the west or "Catholic" side. Indian Trails Golf Course is located on cemetery property. Estimated 15,000 burials. Seven acres are under development, with other land available if necessary. Cemetery averages 350 burials annually. (Lydens 1966) Religious, Ethnic Affiliation: None reported. Description: Woodlawn is situated on both sides of Kalamazoo Avenue with the entrance to the West Woodlawn near the Kalamazoo, Alger and Nelson intersection and East Woodlawn a short distance up from there on the opposite side. The office for all city cemeteries is located at the entrance of East Woodlawn. They maintain normal business hours. Woodlawn is a very large and active cemetery, well- maintained and beautifully laid out among hilly, tree filled lawns. Paved road winds throughout both sections of the cemetery. Small chapel located in West Woodlawn. (R. Aungst, November 1999) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Woodlawn Cemetery Is there anyway to find the names of those buried there? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message