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Our website and website administrator were mentioned in this week's (09.14.05) Ste. Genevieve Herald in two inset boxes. To follow, the first inset box, the second, and then the actual article, by Jean Feld Rissover.
Ste. Genevieve County Cemeteries Featured on Interment.net The Interment.net site section on Cemeteries of Sainte Genevieve County inludes listings from nine local cemeteries:
- Haney Cemetery
- Horton/Mackley Cemetery
- Mayberry Cemetery
- McClintock Cemetery
- Memorial Cemetery
- Rudy Cemetery
- Saint Catherine Cemetery
- Silver Point Union Church Cemetery
- Womack Methodist Church Cemetery
Transcriptions from the stones at the cemeteries listed for this county were all made by Valerie Holifield and her sister-in-law, Sheila. The sites at which they worked range considerably in size. For example, their listing for Haney Cemetery (located in the Coffman area) contains almost 130 names. The listing for the Horton/Mackley Cemetery (located at the corner of Highway EE and Sprott Road) has just 17 burials recorded. The transcriptions include birthdate and deathdate information as it was available from the stones, along with notes regarding the nature of some of the grave markers. For example, the transcription from Haney Cemetery - of the tombstones that appears to be the oldest in the graveyard - reads: " Pratte, Sarah Jane, b. 1 Aug 1820, d. 5 May 1846, In memory of Sarah Jane Pratte, consort of B. S. Pratte who was born August 1st 1820 and departed this life May 5th 1846, Another huge stone, abt 5.5 feet tall" Entries for the cemeteries include directions to the sites and photographs, such as the one of Horton/Mackley Cemetery, shown above.  (Above is the full image that was mentioned in the article.)
Check out these other Internet sources related to cemeteries in Ste. Genevieve County:
Free Cemetery Web Page Can Be Boon To Tech-Savvy Genealogists by Jean Feld Rissover
If you're looking for your roots, one stop is generally the family cemetery. But what if you're living someplace far from where your relatives called hom and can't spend time browsing among the headstones?
There's a terrific website available to help unravel the fabric of your family history. It's name - Interment - is grim, but the information it contains will bring joy to genealogists.
The site is located on the Internet at <www.interment.net>. It provides a number of valuable features and boasts it has almost 3,897,500 records from 8,375 cemeteries around the world.
Searches can be conducted by surname, region, and records from specific cemteries can be read online.
In some cases, materials are provided by government agencies, cemetery associations, and members of th funeral industry. The site also provides links to other useful Internet resources, such as national cemetery databases.
The Interment.net database resources can help locate burials, trace family histories, and learn something about cemeteries in general. Staff of the site visit cemeteries and compile records, but users also submit transcriptions and compilations.
The goal ofthe site, according to staff, is to publish the information "where it gets the highest degree of visibility to the general public."
They do a good job and have been recognized for it, selected for awards by organizations such as Ancestry Connections and Genealogy Today.
Interment was the brain child of Steve Johnson, who started the project in 1997 as a directory of links to websites that publish cemetery records. In its first incarnation, it was a single page on Johnson's personal website.
Traffic to the site grew quickly, and users began adding information to the database. The site was expanded during the first year, and the domian name was registered about a year after the original was posted on the Net.
The project was initially funded by Johnson. Since 1999, it has been funded by advertising revenue and sales commissions.
One big advantage of the site is that all content on the site is free. Interment.net doesn't sell or license wny of the content it receives from submitters, and it doesn't charge subscription fees.
In addition to those researching family histories, the site is popular with cemetery preservationists, history buffs, and those in search of missing people. One component is a "journal" section, which Johnson says was created as "a venue where enthusiasts of cemeteries can share their articles, opinions, and research."
For the last five years or so, Interment.net has been among the largest and most popular resources for cemetery records. In 2001, PC Data Online named the site as the most heavily trafficked website relating to cemeteries and funerals, as well as one of the top 10 busiest genealogy websites in the United States.
It's not surprising. The site is a fantastic source of information, well-organized, clean (there's a welcome absence of pop-ups and pop-unders, animation and canned music), and has a sense of humor. For example, one section of the site provides links to discussions about cemetery projects. It's titled "Tomb Talk."
Overall, for anyone looking for information connected to cemeteries, Interment.net is the road to heaven.
Editor's note: Those who have information to add to the Interment.net website will find insturctions on making submissions on the website.
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