I have just completed transcribing the Wrightsville, Fairview Cemetery. It was first done in 1932 as a WPA program. I used those records to compare with the new and found several errors as mentioned. Spellings seemed to have changed as well as middle initials and even dates of death. I located several older stones which had an original date of (for example) 31 Dec 1816 only to have the new stone marked as 1817. I even found duplicate markers in different sections. There are approximatly 4,500-5,000 transcriptions & photos in the new work in combination with the 1932 work.It consists of 16 CD's which will be made available for viewing at the York Co Heritage Trust. It has been mapped out which will make finding your ancestor easy. Melissa Hake Fitzkee In a message dated 4/23/2008 10:14:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, der911@bellsouth.net writes: Renee: You are referring to a WPA (works progress administration) project as one of several President Roosevelt's ideas to "solve" the depression in the mid/late 1930's. Produced some valuable records, but did little to provide meaningful employment. Basically it was an early welfare project. Some records produced were excellent, however many errors exist. Information should be used with caution! Thus quality varies from cemetery to cemetery. Don Renninger Jacksonville, FL Reneelwaring@aol.com wrote: > In the early part of the last century the Federal Government paid individuals > in each County to make a record of grave stones standing in each cemetery. > These records for York County originally were placed at the Martin Memorial > Library in downtown York but as the Library grew it needed more space so they > gave all their records to the York County Historical Society half a block from > the library. If you would like them to look up your grave they will, but they > charge for it. > > Renee Waring > > > > **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car > listings at AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK ********* Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. ************ Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851)