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Graves Relocated as a Result of the Lake Eufaula Project

This website provides information about the relocation of graves due to the Lake Eufaula Project, including before and after pictures, contracts, correspondence, and more. The original documents are in poor condition and now reside in the state archives collection.

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Graves Relocated as a Result of the Lake Eufaula Project

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  1. Graves Relocated as a Result of the Lake Eufaula Projecthttp://www.pittsburgcogenealogical.org/Books%20Publications/corpcd/Graves%20Relocated.htm Robert O. & Diane B. Pulse April 26, 2012

  2. How we came by it • Mary Turnbull

  3. Not a complete set of records • The documents are labeled 3 (1 of 2), 4 and 5 (2 of 2) • One can assume that there are at least documents 1 & 2 • The is no reason to believe that documents beyond 5 do not exist. • If at any time the missing records are found we will digitize them also

  4. The originals are in poor condition • They now reside in the state archives collection 2011.298

  5. Overview of Original Data • Before and after pictures of graves/markers • Request for quotes • Contracts for the service • As built drawings, including drawings of grave locations in some cases • Correspondence between Corp. and contractors • Demonstration Images: 251/2/3; 342; 350

  6. How to preserve • Desire to copy inexpensively • Desire to ship inexpensively • Originals are 10” thick • Decided to scan, add an Index, add maps, connect using HTML, and publish on Data DVD • Cost: under $1 to print, $.65 to ship

  7. The team • Vonna Simpson - deceased • Jan Phillips • Marti Walrath • David Beall • Diane Pulse • Robert Pulse

  8. Maps by David Beall • Reach - Cemetery index and link to Map index/Map pages • Based on descriptions in the contracts • Provide US Geological Survey maps for sites we have identified • Demonstration

  9. Individual Index by Marti Walrath • From As built drawings • From reading the stones with a magnifying glass • From notes scribbled on the pages • In addition to burials includes all administrative names involved • Demonstration

  10. Archeological Aspects • Legal - 1.321; • Mapping - 1.332/333; 334/335; 340/341; 342/343; 3.70/71; 84/85; 86/87; 104/105; • Process - 1.394 (1-02) 395; 3.172; 175 (trenches); 183; 184 (new); • Archeological Preservation - 1.392 (SC13)

  11. Appendix • Pictures from Palestine Cemetery • Pictures from Enterprise Cemetery • Ransom Mundell notes • Mable Helms - documentation sent to families at the time • Demonstration

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