"The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living." Cicero

I check my page almost daily, so most edits are done in a timely manner. CK
I do not consider family trees to be a proper source, records are sources.

Currently working on going thru county death records (1880-1904) adding those that are not accounted for and revising those without much info. If you find a memorial with "unknown" in the plot field this is the reason. Their death record states burial in Mason City (Elmwood and St. Joseph Cemetery were the only ones active during that time period) but they are not in the cemetery records, there are quite a few burials who do not have a name attached to the plot.

I have completely photographed Elmwood-Saint Joseph Cemetery in Mason City, IA and finished in 2011. Still working on identifying the unreadable markers and re-walking the cemetery to add GPS. All the photos that I have taken at Elmwood in Mason City are also on file with the cemetery office. If you are unsure of the photos I have placed, please check to see if there are any notes by clicking on the photo.
The 13% un-photographed at Elmwood is largely due to all the unmarked graves, which I am also working on getting photos of the specific lots.

Use of any photos I have taken is fine for PERSONAL genealogy use, including your trees you may have on Ancestry.com and other research websites, please just give credit. I took the pictures to make sure the information was out there! Thanks! CK

Preserving history, yours and mine, one stone at a time. I do this out of respect for those that have gone before us, so that they are remembered and any and every stone in the cemetery be preserved digitally forever.

Christine aka GeneGraver (updated 27 January 2024)

Personal family lines that I am researching include (but not limited to): Clark-Shunkwiler, Borel, Goslin, Beisel, Lease, Peschl, Wise and Hill.

***Elmwood - Saint Joseph Cemetery database is online.***
https://gis.newcomtech.com/cms/ia/masoncity/elmwoodcms/
~~Note about the dates on some of the memorials at Elmwood with no stones. I have an old set of records and they don't seem to line up exactly with the dates that are on-line. They seem to be a day off, here and there, on both birth and death days, so don't go by the memorial info only. Also, if you find dates for Jan 1st or Dec 31st - DOUBLE CHECK them, the online system adds a default day when only the year is entered. I have also found a few burials that are not in the right spot in the database, because the picture I took is in a different section in my files.

"The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living." Cicero

I check my page almost daily, so most edits are done in a timely manner. CK
I do not consider family trees to be a proper source, records are sources.

Currently working on going thru county death records (1880-1904) adding those that are not accounted for and revising those without much info. If you find a memorial with "unknown" in the plot field this is the reason. Their death record states burial in Mason City (Elmwood and St. Joseph Cemetery were the only ones active during that time period) but they are not in the cemetery records, there are quite a few burials who do not have a name attached to the plot.

I have completely photographed Elmwood-Saint Joseph Cemetery in Mason City, IA and finished in 2011. Still working on identifying the unreadable markers and re-walking the cemetery to add GPS. All the photos that I have taken at Elmwood in Mason City are also on file with the cemetery office. If you are unsure of the photos I have placed, please check to see if there are any notes by clicking on the photo.
The 13% un-photographed at Elmwood is largely due to all the unmarked graves, which I am also working on getting photos of the specific lots.

Use of any photos I have taken is fine for PERSONAL genealogy use, including your trees you may have on Ancestry.com and other research websites, please just give credit. I took the pictures to make sure the information was out there! Thanks! CK

Preserving history, yours and mine, one stone at a time. I do this out of respect for those that have gone before us, so that they are remembered and any and every stone in the cemetery be preserved digitally forever.

Christine aka GeneGraver (updated 27 January 2024)

Personal family lines that I am researching include (but not limited to): Clark-Shunkwiler, Borel, Goslin, Beisel, Lease, Peschl, Wise and Hill.

***Elmwood - Saint Joseph Cemetery database is online.***
https://gis.newcomtech.com/cms/ia/masoncity/elmwoodcms/
~~Note about the dates on some of the memorials at Elmwood with no stones. I have an old set of records and they don't seem to line up exactly with the dates that are on-line. They seem to be a day off, here and there, on both birth and death days, so don't go by the memorial info only. Also, if you find dates for Jan 1st or Dec 31st - DOUBLE CHECK them, the online system adds a default day when only the year is entered. I have also found a few burials that are not in the right spot in the database, because the picture I took is in a different section in my files.