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Subject: [KYBRECKI] 5/12/2006 USGW KyArchive site additons/updates
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 13:55:20 -0400

Hi all....

I've been taking it somewhat easy so as to keep from relapsing back into the pneumonia. I did get two more maps put on the site but it's going to take time in getting more on. First priority comes to the WWI Draft Registration Card project. Once those are finished, then full attention can go to the maps. So for now, there is a generalized map of the entire county showing the cities/towns/villages. I've also been trying to do a little overlapping of the individualized maps that show the cemeteries. That way someone who isn't familiar with a particular area can better place where something is when comparing it to the county as a whole. The addition of the "Northwest Custer area" and the "Central Woodrow area" maps are now up and on the site.

Please, please bear in mind that I don't know where every cemetery is within the county. As much as I want to photograph every cemetery possible within the county to preserve the markers and the cemetery digitally and on CD, it's not something I can do quickly. With me living in Louisville (an hour away from Breck. Co.) I do get more of a chance to visit than someone, say on the West Coast or way down South. With not living there, I don't have the chance to do any real looking to find some of the more obscure or lost ones. In talking with Karen Schafer at the Archives in Hardinsburg, the County Cemetery Board was able to roughly account for over 600 cemeteries within the county. Some cemeteries are completely lost, partially lost, or there are varying degrees of knowledge when getting directions to one. Some are quite large (ie. Cedar Hill Irvington and Stephensport, Cloverport Cem., St. Romualds, Mt. Merino, Kasey/Grandview Cemetery, and Garfield) and some are quite tiny (ie. Miller Cemetery #1 with 4 graves). Some are abandoned/neglected (ie. GoodHope Cems., Bruner Cem. #3), and some are very well kept (ie. Bennett Cem., Bruner #2, New and Old Ivy Hill Cems., Kingswood Cem.). So that more aren't lost, that's why I've started not only photographing them when I can, I'm also doing the mapping system on the site to help keep fresh the knowledge of where a cemetery is. We are losing more and more of the older folk in the county who know where cemeteries are at.

One other thing, Mrs. Schafer also relayed to me that the county has purchased at least one hand held GPS locator. As they are cleaning up the cemeteries, they are logging in the GPS coordinates and registering them for later placement on a county map. So not all is lost and hopefully as the county develops and old, lost cemeteries are found, research can be done to find out the name of the cemetery so that it can be added to the list, thus helping preserve for all time the resting place of loved ones.

Hopefully after company leaves tonight, I can get loaded onto the site the "H" surname transcriptions for the World War I Draft Registration Card project. So far Peggy Russell has submitted 30, so I can't wait to get those online to help find family.

I think that does it for now! Happy Hunting!

Dana
File Manager, Breckinridge County
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