[Publib] Library Creates Guide to County Cemeteries

[Andy Barnett]

McMillan Memorial Library has created a guide to Wood County cemeteries, 
using a Google Maps mashup to make it easier to find each of the over sixty 
cemeteries. Even though many genealogical records have moved to the 
Internet, most genealogists consider a visit to ancestral cemeteries a must.

The Library's guide is located at 
http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/history/cemeteries.html. The guide includes 
a listing of each cemetery, a brief description of the location and the GPS 
coordinates. These coordinates can be used with car navigation systems to 
obtain turn by turn directions.

The guide also includes a Google Map that pinpoints the location of each 
cemetery. This map has zoom capabilities and can be displayed with roads or 
as a satellite view. Directions to each site are provided by Google, 
including turn by turn directions from anywhere in the United States.

McMillan houses an index to pre-1980 burials in all Wood County cemeteries, 
which includes the inscriptions on the monuments. While the Library does 
not have permission to move this index to the Internet, they provide free 
lookups. Contact the library at 422-5136, via email at 
askmcm at scls.lib.wi.us or online at 
http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/library/askmcm.html.



Andy Barnett, Asst. Director            McMillan Memorial Library
490 East Grand Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494
                 www.mcmillanlibrary.org
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