A project that was over two years in the making with the city of Jefferson has come to fruition about a data website.
City Administrator Scott Peterson says all gravesites at the city cemetery are now available online. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio people can search by name to see if someone is buried in the city cemetery, along with some information about that individual. Peterson explains why the city continued to pursue this endeavor.
“If you’re looking for a relative and you think that they may be buried in Jefferson, it’s pretty easy to just hop on the computer and do a search that way. Also, genealogy is of course a big pastime and folks could utilize this then for genealogy. But the biggest thing, I think, is you put the name in there and it’s going to quickly tell you where they’re buried. So you can physically go (and) walk right out to the tombstone.”
Finance Officer Sarah Morlan says Cemetery Information Management Systems (CIMS) is the company that the city is working with for this service. She points out an added feature is the availability of additional burial sites for purchase in the cemetery because lots of people request to be buried near their family members.
Morlan says they used a portion of their funding from Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation to initially purchase the service and pay an annual fee of $2,900. Click here to access the website.