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From: "Sally K." <>
Subject: [MIWAYNE] Re: Woodmere Cemetery
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 19:26:41 -0500
References: <200302040000.h1400eoi032640@lists5.rootsweb.com>


If you decide to visit Woodmere, I'd suggest going during the time the
office is open. They have hours during the week and on Saturday till
about 1 pm. If you don't know the location of the graves you are
seeking, the cemetery is far too large to just wander around, although
the ponds and trees are quite pleasant. The office staff will give you a
map and a location based on their card file.

I was also shocked to find many stones had sunk down into the ground so
far as to make them invisible, even one of "mine" as recent as 1947. If
I had not had the map and exact location, I'd have never found it (it
was hard enough to find standing right on top of it.)

If you use "city" smarts, i.e., go during daylight when other people are
around, don't get too far away from your car, keep going if you
encounter suspicious persons, and remain aware of your surroundings, I
don't think Woodmere is otherwise different than many other urban
environments.

I've also had good results sending requests by mail for copies of
interment records for ancestors buried in Woodmere, even in one case
where the name had been badly misspelled, but we had a good death date
from the church record and knew he should be in Woodmere based on the
newspaper death notice.

Happy hunting....
Sally K.

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> #1 [MIWAYNE] RE: Woodmere Cemetery ["Ronda Oberlin" <.]
> #2 [MIWAYNE] MACK/MACUK []
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> #4 [MIWAYNE] obituary request []
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> Subject: [MIWAYNE] RE: Woodmere Cemetery
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 06:44:50 -0500
> From: "Ronda Oberlin" <>
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> I wouldn't go to Woodmere alone, but I've been there a couple of times and
> had only one minor brush (someone tried to get into my car--it was parked,
> locked, and I had wandered off through the cemetery). That was on a Sunday
> and there weren't any employees around.
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> But while we're on the subject...the condition that the stones there are
> being allowed to fall in to is pretty shocking, considering the amount of
> staff they have there. Stones that fall over are just allowed to become
> overgrown, and there are a lot of them.
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> Is there a genealogical society in Detroit that might be able to organize an
> effort to do something about the problem? I live in Lansing but I wouldn't
> mind driving over to help on a Saturday.
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> Subject: [MIWAYNE] MACK/MACUK
> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:22:06 EST
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> Betty,
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> Could you please tell me who you are looking for in this family? Your side
> wouldn't happen to be descended from two females from the old country who
> ended up residing in Chicago, would they?
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> Linda
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> Subject: [MIWAYNE] Re: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit
> Date: 3 Feb 2003 12:48:31 -0700
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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QIB.2ACI/6036.1.1
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> Thank you, for the link. I will call Woodmere Cemetery. Again, Thank You!
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> Katie
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> Subject: [MIWAYNE] obituary request
> Date: 3 Feb 2003 16:27:43 -0700
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> Surnames: harris
> Classification: Obituary
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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QIB.2ACI/6037
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> looking for obituary for my brother roger walter rufus harris born dec.12 1954 died jan 1957 hope someone can help.

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