About these cemetery volumes or ring binder books located at the Whitewater Public Library, all the cemeteries in Whitewater and in surrounding community cemeteries were transcribed and research by Fred Kraege of Whitewater. I did not see a copyright date, but does give date of completion 1987 and Oak Grove Cemetery listing was revised in 1990. Oak Grove has the earliest burial in Whitewater, in 1839 with Jothan N. Baker being the first burial. Another great source for early settlers is "Early Annals of Whitewater". Also 40 veterans buried here most are GAR. Other sources used were various other city newspaper, death records in sorounding courthouses, and books "Early Annals of Whitewater", "LaGrange Pioneers", and "Rock", " Walworth", and "Jefferson History's" is the major source information. The Newspapers up until 1910 were used to support death dates before the offical recording of death dates was instituted. There is an Index of Surnames or Names List Index for these volumes of cemetery records. The person's name is listed under their legal name, say if a women was married she is listed under her married name and her maiden name is show and underlined, if she was married twice or three times all previous names would be underlined and listed under her last used legal name. Other surnames are referenced following the group family names listing as for example: ,see Armstrong, Comstock, Kyle, Vance. Look under these surnames to find females with same maiden name or married name. *Oak Grove Cemetery - Whitewater, Wis.* This copy of the Oak Grove Cemetery of Whitewater is taken from grave-stones, cemetery records, death records, obituaries, and sources pertaining to early Whitewater history. Below is a list of sources and symbols used in this recording. Any Additions or corrections are welcome. C - From the cemetery X - Cemetery records E - Elkhorn death records HK - Hickey Kent funeral records J - Janesville death records Je - Jefferson death records L - Chet Lawton's list published in the Whitewater Register [Newpaper] of deteriorating monuments in the cemetery [1940's caretaker] Lib - Cemetery listings in the Whitewater Library M - Whitewater Historical Museum - veteran's listing R or REG - The Whitewater Register [Newpaper] Sk - Skindingrude Funeral Records V - Precedes Veterans WWC - The Whitewater Chronicle - and early local newspaper OG - Oak Grove Cemetery HS - Hillside Cemetery "To Whitewater for their 150th Anniversary in 1987 signed Fred Kraege