Team Georgia Cemetery Sandbox

Profile manager: Sandy Patak [send private message]

This page is all about collaboration. Feel free to ask questions, seek help, give advice/ideas, share an experience or interesting Tombstone or ask for research lookup help. A BIG thanks to everyone for your support and work on Team Georgia!

Quick Links

County List of Georgia Cemeteries

Team Georgia Progress Page

How to Create Cemetery Categories on WikiTree

Gravestone Preservation Tips for Cleaning Tombstones

Example for CATEGORY PAGES

PLEASE Use this Template Box (called the Category Info Box or CIB) at the Top of the Cemetery CATEGORY Page. DO NOT USE THIS FOR CEMETERY FREE SPACE PAGES. For an example, look at the Rest Haven Cemetery Category Page.

Copy and Paste and Edit the following table to Match your Cemetery. Fill out as many of the options as possible. Some might not be applicable.

{{CategoryInfoBox Cemetery
| name = Rest Haven Cemetery
| aka = Alpharetta City Cemetery
| parent = Fulton County, Georgia (Note: DO NOT add the ", Cemeteries" here)
| location = Alpharetta, Georgia
| findagraveID = 277913
| spacepage = Rest_Haven_Cemetery
| webpage = URL if the actual Cemetery has a Private Webpage
| billiongravesID = 258959
| coordinate = 34.07563, -84.29823
| address = 90 Milton Avenue, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009 (County not needed in address}
|team= Georgia Cemeteries
|image= optional
|TOC= (do not use unless there are over 200 profiles in the category)
}}

See: [[:Space:Rest_Haven_Cemetery|Space Page for Rest Haven Cemetery]]

A couple of Notes About the Cemetery Template Box (CIB):

1. Replace the specific details in the above Template with the Cemetery you are working on.
2. If you notice, the Template doesn't require a lot of the WikiTree "code". Instead, the answers are in simple text (ex. the parent = Fulton County, Georgia vs the URL link).
3. spacepage: When adding your matching Space Page, use the URL AFTER "Space:" (ex. Rest_Haven_Cemetery) on the spacepage line.
4. If the Cemetery has a private website, add the URL on this line. (ex. Arlington National Cemetery has a private website so the URL would be entered - https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/)
5. Here is the really great thing..... when using the CIB, it automatically adds the required Categories for you! You will see those automatically added Categories AFTER you save. (ex. adding parent= Fulton County, Georgia IN the CIB, automatically put the category [[Fulton County, Georgia]] at the top of my finished page. No extra work for us!
6. The TOC (table of contents) is not to be used unless there are over 200 profiles in the category.
7. The "aka" will show under the name of the Cemetery as the title in bold.
8. ALL CEMETERY CATEGORY PAGES MUST HAVE "FULL NAME, CITY, STATE" (spelled out, not abbreviated). For Example, there are TOO MANY Smith Cemeteries across the WORLD and if in Georgia it needs to be Smith Cemetery, Roswell, Georgia NOT just Smith Cemetery.
9. This Template Box is only on the Category Page.... never the Free Space Page.
10. If adding additional cemetery categories, such as Category:Georgia, Catholic Cemeteries, that category tag should be placed beneath the Category Info Box template.
11. The line ---- does not need to be placed below or above the CIB

Cemetery SPACE Pages

Good news! No more adding tables with details and Tombstone Photos to the Cemetery Free Space pages!! Instead the Cemetery Free Space Page should have just the basic information on the Cemetery, a Photo (or two) of that represents the Cemetery, Listing of Famous People and any other details that are specific and important to the Cemetery.

Do NOT list individual Profiles on the Cemetery Free Space Page. Profiles are to be placed on the Cemetery Category Page only (unless you are listing Famous/Infamous Profiles.) I know this might be a hard habit to break for some but it does save a tremendous amount of time while allowing the Category Page to be the Main Index.

PLEASE put the following on every Free Space Page (at the top):

This page is part of the [[:Space:Georgia Cemeteries Team|Georgia Cemeteries Team]].

See the [[:Category:YourCemeteryURL|NameOf Cemetery]] for people buried in this cemetery.

'''Cemetery name:''' XXX Cemetery
'''Address:''' STREET, CITY, COUNTY, Georgia ZIP
'''GPS Coordinates:''' GPS Coordinates:

Example:

See the [[:Category:Rest_Haven_Cemetery%2C_Alpharetta%2C_Georgia|Rest Haven Cemetery]] for people buried in this cemetery. (There is a space between the URL and the Name of Your Cemetery.)

'''Cemetery name:''' Rest Haven Cemetery

'''Address:''' 90 Milton Avenue, Alpharetta, Fulton, Georgia 30009

'''GPS Coordinates:''' GPS Coordinates: 34.07563,-84.29823,19

A Couple of Notes About Free Space Pages

1. No Template Box on these pages.
2. No Individual Listing of Names (exception: famous people)
3. If you want to continue to have the table, you can but WikiTree is trying to move away from that concept. (See Hamrick Family Cemetery for an example of a table.) The tables are a lot of work, trust me!
4. Use the Free Space Page to add a paragraph about the Historical Nature, if Abandoned, Challenging Parking or Location and/or any Famous People.
5. The Free Space Page is a great place to add General Photos (Cemetery Sign, Landscape Photo, Video Tour, etc.)
6. ALL CEMETERY SPACE PAGES MUST HAVE "FULL NAME, CITY, STATE" (spelled out, not abbreviated). For Example, there are TOO MANY Smith Cemeteries across the WORLD and if in Georgia it needs to be Smith Cemetery, Roswell, Georgia NOT just Smith Cemetery.

Documenting Tombstone Photos

This text can be used as a Source for Tombstone photos that you have taken:

Monumental inscription. Country. Cemetery name, place name. Monument death date as inscribed. (b. date as inscribed) LAST NAME inscribed, given name. GPS: DATA HERE. Photographed by: [[Wiki-ID|Name]]: date photo taken.

Try to resize your Tombstone Photos to 1024x768 pixels, saved as a .jpeg at 75% quality. Editing to crop out the area around the Tombstone is also a good idea so just the Tombstone is shown. For more details, visit What a Cemeterist Does

Example:

• Monumental inscription. Georgia, United States. Blakely Cemetery, Blakely, Georgia. Fryer, Emma Cohen LeSeuer Etheridge. Photographed by: Sandy Patak: 5 July 2018.
  • "Mrs. Emma Etheridge Fryer, born 1 Jan 1842, died 31 Mar 1930."

Documenting Profiles

Add the Cemetery Category to Profiles.

Add the Tombstone picture to the Individual's Profile, not the Cemetery's Profile. (If you do not have the Tombstone Photo, yet, that is ok. Adding the Cemetery Category helps other researchers a lot!)

If you have the information (or found it through research), another completely optional Category you could add is the Cause of Death. This is found on Death Certificates. WikiTree has several Causes of Death to chose from: General Health List, Diseases.

Wikitree Standards for Profile's Biography

Editing Style Tips for Profiles

To Add A Sticker To Each Profile:

{{Global Cemeteries|place=[[Space:PARTIAL URL OF SPACE PAGE|NAME Cemetery]]}}

{{Global Cemeteries|place=[[Space:Morris_Cemetery%2C_Alpharetta%2C_Georgia|Morris Cemetery]]}}

... ... ... is buried in Morris Cemetery.

Find A Grave Memorials

Please use the WikiTree code for Find A Grave Memorials in your Profile Sourcing instead of the URL link to the memorial.

{{FindAGrave|127811022}}

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Team Georgia Progress Page

The Team Georgia Progress Page is used to make sure there is not duplication amongst us.... or to create a Meetup to group photograph a Cemetery. It's a good idea to check the Progress Page before you start photographing a Cemetery.

Georgia Laws on Cemeteries

These are a couple of links regarding the laws of Georgia Cemeteries.

FAQ for Georgia Cemeteries including Access, Documenting, Publications and Restoration.

Abandoned Cemetery Laws for Georgia Cemeteries

Georgia Member Help

Please list any memberships that might help other Team Members with research. Add Your Name Here!

Sandy Patak can lookup Fold3 and Genealogy Bank