Although this cemetery is in Raleigh, part of current Wake County was originally in Old Orange County, and it may be that someone resting here may be of interest to you. Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation, Inc., North Carolina _www.rccpreservation.org/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx_ (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102963697543&s=7364&e=001T-aDwYVb-neNAyuQ218rje1rKUVRUG_KN0VRF-e4T4k96Sw341Kj1L7aZWPz p1OxYBF1Xh3RojfySPT-XloFP0FncBRa5lNXBLPxrC_vxh-Zv2A7ZW9oXVIybJ0q5sZgVG_QYkxW HQ4-dUaga61imAaaf1LHzhfyYI4ssao21Tw=) Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina. It is located in Wake County in the center of the state. Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the preservation and restoration of the three city-owned cemeteries (City, Mt. Hope, and O’Rorke cemeteries), in partnership with the City of Raleigh and others. There are burial records databases on the website for two of the three cemeteries — City Cemetery and O’ Rorke Cemetery. Click on the Cemeteries button in the homepage contents list to access the individual cemetery pages. Established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1798, City Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Raleigh. As noted on the website, burials include founding fathers of Raleigh, legislators, free and slave African Americans and stonemasons from Scotland and England who helped build the state capitol building. There are approximately 2,000 records in the database. The information in the database was compiled from a number of sources. There is a GIS map for City Cemetery that allow researchers to search the cemetery online by name, date of birth, date of death, and grave marker location. The map includes both grave information and marker photos. Instructions on how to use this function are provided on the City Cemetery main page. Please be advised that the GIS map function does not work with the Safari browser. The link to the database file is at the bottom of the web page. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the database, as it is in PDF format. The data fields in the database include surname, grave location information, birth date, death date, and other data. Information found in Other Data includes such information as spouse’s names, military service, approximate age at death, race of the deceased, and cause of death. O'Rorke Cemetery, sometimes called the Catholic Cemetery or Potter's Field, was established by John O'Rorke in 1858. There are about 300 records in the database. The information in the database was compiled from a number of sources. The data fields include name, birth date, death date, burial space information, and notes. This article was found in: eNews Vol. 13, No. 5 Whole #464 February 3, 2010 Carol