Woodmere Cemetery Research Query

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Information given includes the deceased's name, birth place, late residence, date of birth, age, date of death, date of burial, cause of death, undertaker, grave location, and any remarks that were noted in the cemetery's files. Late residence is where the person died, not necessarily where the person lived. There are some blanks when the information was not furnished. Spellings, punctuation, etc. are as they occur in the records. Currently, over 97,000 names have been entered. When the project is completed, over 200,000 names will be available to be searched.

The following years have been completed: 1868-1935.

There are also some records for 1936.

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