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From: "Dennis Murphy" <>
Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO-L] Woodland Cemetery
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:25:16 -0500
References: <3A1209CC.DE112DFE@ameritech.net>


Michelle:

I have many ancestors in Alger, West Park, Woodland and Woodland (Catholic).

Are talking about Woodland Catholic or Woodland?

Would be happy to provide family bio, etc. Tell us more. What are you
looking for exactly?

Dennis Murphy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle A. Day" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:58 PM
Subject: [OHCUYAHO-L] Woodland Cemetery


> Hi Kim and others:
>
> If you haven't received your answer yet the information you are looking
> for regarding the number 30083 and 64751 are the interment numbers.
> These represent the number of burials in order (supposedly) and you can
> then cross reference those numbers into the interment books to obtain
> death, burial, name, address, color, sex, native of, cause of death,
> section, lot, tier, grave, remarks and funeral home. Some or all that
> information may be listed.
>
> The 141-4 means page and volume. You can look in volume 4 (suspecting
> late 1800's early 1900's) page 141 for the interment number 30083 and
> your family member information should be listed there.
>
> As for visiting Woodland Cemetery, Section 69 is not marked whatsoever
> and the chances of you finding a headstone is so so. That section does
> have some headstones still standing but many are destroyed, broken,
> fallen over or simply buried in the ground. I have visited this
> cemetery nearly every month and have gone on fishing expeditions
> sometimes looking for headstones. Most of the time, depending on
> section, I will find them but as for that section and including section
> 67, 68, 55, B-1, B-2 etc, it is very hard and very few in between when
> you do find a headstone that you are looking for.
>
> Please do not think any of those interment number represent the death
> certificate number. Everyone who issues a death certificate numbers
> their own. IE: cuyahoga will have a different numbering system then the
> state of ohio so the two numbers will not match even though they are for
> the same person and are the same certificate.
>
> I am in the process (long process) of computerizing Woodland Cemetery
> records along with Alger, Denison, Brookmere, Harvard, Scranton, West
> Park, Erie Cemetery. Woodland has the most burials -- over 87,000 while
> Denison has the least at 700. (I am looking for death verifications and
> family information for inhabitants of each of these cemeteries to be
> published with the records in case anyone is interested in submitting
> information or family bio.)
>
> If you have any other questions, please email me and I will help as much
> as I can.
>
> Michelle
>
> ______________________________


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