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    1. [NCGRANVI] Cemetery records
    2. Tina Tarlton Smith
    3. I have now typed up 4 webpages hoping people can benefit from them. I am still in the process of typing them up and will be adding more. I know not everyone will find a family member from these records but I hope they will help some people. Please remember the WPA Survey was done between 1930-1940 ... and not all graves were surveyed . This was a project that was to survey those that died before 1913 . However some did record some graves after 1913. Some of the WPA records have Kittrell which is a part of Vance county listed and some Virgilina cemeteries listed as part of Granville county nc I am not sure as to why that was recorded that way. To find more information on the WPA you can do a search on the internet that will give more details into this project. The Genealogy society has been working hard on a project to resurvey the cemeteries and this information will be rechecked for accuracy and with all those buried at the cemeteries and with additional cemeteries that did not get surveyed in the WPA records. This information is available at the NC State archives in Raleigh and at the Richard Thornton library. I have rechecked lots of the dates with the obituaries I have collected and so far the information is correct matching the obituaries with the dates the WPA collected. WPA records have been found very helpful and correct. Also take in consideration that some of the graves moved during Camp Butner when families had to move from their farms at this time during WWII. Directions also I have noticed have changed with additional roads and new development. But these records are Great information that might not be illegable to read from the stones or the stones may not be there today as I have found out from my own personal experience. http://www.geocities.com/tina_tarlton/Granville-Cemeteries-WPA.htm Tina Tarlton Smith

    02/27/2003 09:53:28