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Hi All,
This is what I found out today. The Woodlawn books start at 1927 and go to 1993 plus there is a supplement that goes up to 1995. Nancy at Woodlawn thinks that  the people working on the books used their burial books and may even had taken them home to use overnight or longer.  She says that she thinks that not very many burials could have been missed because they record every burial in books just like they did a hundred years ago. The books only have burial dates not death dates. Bim VanEtten helped work on the 1927 to 1993 records and when I see him again, maybe tomorrow I will ask him how they did it.
The microfilm at the library has records from 1888 to 1926. These are the records Boyds worked on. There is a letter of explanation on where they got their info. They said all the info came from one large ledger with some omissions. Since these are all hand written some were unreadable. They also said that some of the names looked like they were spelled phonectically or by the way the clerk thought they should be spelled. They list the person's name, death date, age and where they died.
Now on the same microfilm there are more Woodlawn records.  These records come from the ledger with the earliest records. These records, I copied the A's and B's, have birth and death dates and places  on some. Parents or Kindred  and cause of death on some. For just the A's and B's there are about 120 names on 9 pages.
Ok one last thing. Nancy has a card file not too big with a list of people buried in Woodlawn but place unknown. She says that I or anyone can copy those records right there anytime. She is very willing to help in any way. Ok I think I answered all the question.
Sherry

Joyce,
I have attached a file of records from Woodlawn that I have finished. This is the from the "Can't Locate" file. I have started to go thru their main cards and will copy only the deaths that occurred  from 1899 and before.  I know that the records are done from 1888 to 1926 which is what Pat is working on.  After I typed some of them I contacted  Pat and had her check 4 of them that should have been in her records but only 2 of them were there. So I decided to go with 1899 and under and edit some of them out later if they are done. I have finished the A's so far. I will type up a few sentences that you can include with the records I'm sending you.
Sherry

Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY
The following records are from a separate file kept there called "Can't Locate" file.
These are burials that are assumed to be at Woodlawn but their location is unknown.
If anyone recognizes any names and knows where these people are buried at Woodlawn they would love to know. The column with the heading "Home of Last Residence" is the family  the person was living  with when they died. I have know idea if the person was related to them or not and was copied the exact way it says on card. I copied them to  the best of my ability but typing errors to occur. If you have any questions you can call Nancy at Woodlawn 9-4 M-F at 607-732-0151

A couple of corrections you may want to make to Woodlawn Cem. Office Recs.

Fitch, Daniel K.  should be Fitch, Daniel Hollenbeck, i.e. H. not K.

Fitch Allana (?) Wayman should be Fitch, Albina Wager.

Are there no age at death for the 1927-1993 dates?  That's very helpful in making a firm ID.

What a wonderful resource!  Thank you.John T. Fitch

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