Do I need to create just one free space or more for cemeteries located in the same area?

Question

I have been photographing cemeteries today.  A few of them are located inside a state park.  There are 4 groups located here.  One is a family cemetery, one a monument for a family that immigrated from Germany and settled in the area, another is a monument and markers for WWII casualties, and the last one is a monument and markers for confederate soldiers killed in a battle there.  My question is, how should I create a free space for them?  Should I create seperate spaces for them, or include all of them on the same space?  They are all small groups and could be included on the same space, but the family cemetery doesn't have a real connection except that the family donated the land to the state for the park because of the battle fought there.  Could anyone give me their option on this situation, please?

and thank you!

Liz Parker

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I'm a little late. What I did for one cemetery where a few graves were located across the road.  I created one free space page but created two tables for the interments.  The ones across the road were very old graves that were only recently uncovered.  They were white whereas the main cemetery were predominantly black. Main cemetery is still in use whereas the older one is not.  I wrote a section about each.  Also the white cemetery was all family without a formal name.

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Typically we have a free space for each individual cemetery.Usually so that they can have contact information and such connected to them, Phone numbers, gps, adress etc.

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Thank you for your answer!  I have done individual Free spaces for my other cemeteries.  It is just these are inside a State park.  The Ayer Family cemetery is seperated from the rest of the other graves by a fence, as is the Confederate Soldiers by having their own fenced in area.  The Ayer family has about 30 markers, WWII has 7, Confederates have 10, and the Breland Immigrants monument has 8 names on it. So do you think I should create a Free space page for each and just have them connected in a Category?  This one just has me a little stumped!

Thanks!

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This is just a suggestion, Liz, but how about a category for the park under the county, with the cemeteries linked to the county and the park.

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I agree with Robert. Maybe have a page for each cemetery, and link them all under a park category and the county. It sounds like each one really is separate, even though small.

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Thank you!  You just confirmed what I had already decided to do!  The more I have thought about this today, the more sense it made to just create pages for each one and then connect them in a Category!  Guess I just needed someone else to okay my thoughts on the matter!

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what I would probably do personally would create the individual cemetery pages but then create a freepage for the park which I would then link the cemeteries individually into the park just so people know that its property includes the cemeteries

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Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis has a similar situation, and I found that Find-A-Grave created two separate cemeteries in their system to manage them - one for the regular folks, and another for the Veteran's Cemetery that's within their grounds. Because it's clearly marked as to which ones are part of which cemetery, I like the concept of separate Free Space Pages for each cemetery to keep them clearly marked, and then you might consider using some sort of Category link to note that they're part of one larger group.