Cypress

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"I love dead people. In fact, I come from a long line of dead people." --from the comic 'Empowered' by Adam Warren
If I manage the memorial of a family member or friend of yours, I'll be pleased to transfer. It's so exciting to find things you are looking for! :)
It annoys me when people here hoard memorials like their personal property - like a kid with a huge box of candy they won't share. ಠ_ಠ You know the ones! These memorials are the property of Find A Grave. We are just caretakers.
I am *always* happy to transfer, except when the person is my own relative (and no one is closer) or ones I have a special interest in. Even those I will pass on to a relative. I have even transferred to non-relatives with a special interest in the deceased. If you have a ton of memorials and you manage a lot more than add, you might want to think about why you're on here are all.
A note on PHOTOS: I give my permission to use any photos I have taken for your own use or for another site.

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Some helpful resources:

Re: Erie St. Cemetery...I was told the following: "Unfortunately, a majority of the markers in Erie Street Cemetery are either not there, or are so weathered they are unreadable. Any grave that had a marker that was readable has already been uploaded to their respective memorial pages on Findagrave."

Cleveland Necrology File (many typos) and Cleveland News Index: http://newsindex.cpl.org

Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Association:
http://www.clecem.org/
Currently putting all records online. As of 9/15, the following cemeteries are done - All Saints (Northfield); All Souls (Chardon); Resurrection (Valley City); Holy Cross (Akron); Holy Cross (Brook Park); and St. Joseph (Avon). Work is ongoing on the following cemeteries: Calvary (Cleveland); and Calvary (Lorain).

Burial records search for Lake View Cemetery (Cleveland):
http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/search/search.asp

Burial records search for Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland):
http://wcfcle.org/interment/wcfiis_search.php

City of Cleveland Cemeteries Index:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt/clecems/00dexfind.html

Those with a Cuyahoga County Public Library card can view many things online, including the Plain Dealer from April 7, 1845 - the present and much non-Cleveland information:
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Research/Resources.aspx

Any Ohio resident may request a CC Library card online:
https://sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/selfreg

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PHOTO NOTE: I did not take the photos of Brooklyn Hts Cemetery in Cleveland. They were ALL originally transcribed and photographed by a very nice lady, Susanna Pretzer. She was completing a project to earn the Gold Award in Girl Scouts.
I checked with her, and have permission to post her photos and add the names. She said, "I definitely didn't know how physically and organizationally demanding it would be when I started, but that made it all the more satisfying...The idea was to get the information to the people who want it, so go for it. If it'll reach interested people who might not find it where it is currently online or in hard copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society, then it's good." --Thanks, Susanna!

"I love dead people. In fact, I come from a long line of dead people." --from the comic 'Empowered' by Adam Warren
If I manage the memorial of a family member or friend of yours, I'll be pleased to transfer. It's so exciting to find things you are looking for! :)
It annoys me when people here hoard memorials like their personal property - like a kid with a huge box of candy they won't share. ಠ_ಠ You know the ones! These memorials are the property of Find A Grave. We are just caretakers.
I am *always* happy to transfer, except when the person is my own relative (and no one is closer) or ones I have a special interest in. Even those I will pass on to a relative. I have even transferred to non-relatives with a special interest in the deceased. If you have a ton of memorials and you manage a lot more than add, you might want to think about why you're on here are all.
A note on PHOTOS: I give my permission to use any photos I have taken for your own use or for another site.

****
Some helpful resources:

Re: Erie St. Cemetery...I was told the following: "Unfortunately, a majority of the markers in Erie Street Cemetery are either not there, or are so weathered they are unreadable. Any grave that had a marker that was readable has already been uploaded to their respective memorial pages on Findagrave."

Cleveland Necrology File (many typos) and Cleveland News Index: http://newsindex.cpl.org

Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Association:
http://www.clecem.org/
Currently putting all records online. As of 9/15, the following cemeteries are done - All Saints (Northfield); All Souls (Chardon); Resurrection (Valley City); Holy Cross (Akron); Holy Cross (Brook Park); and St. Joseph (Avon). Work is ongoing on the following cemeteries: Calvary (Cleveland); and Calvary (Lorain).

Burial records search for Lake View Cemetery (Cleveland):
http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/search/search.asp

Burial records search for Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland):
http://wcfcle.org/interment/wcfiis_search.php

City of Cleveland Cemeteries Index:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt/clecems/00dexfind.html

Those with a Cuyahoga County Public Library card can view many things online, including the Plain Dealer from April 7, 1845 - the present and much non-Cleveland information:
https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Research/Resources.aspx

Any Ohio resident may request a CC Library card online:
https://sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/selfreg

*************
PHOTO NOTE: I did not take the photos of Brooklyn Hts Cemetery in Cleveland. They were ALL originally transcribed and photographed by a very nice lady, Susanna Pretzer. She was completing a project to earn the Gold Award in Girl Scouts.
I checked with her, and have permission to post her photos and add the names. She said, "I definitely didn't know how physically and organizationally demanding it would be when I started, but that made it all the more satisfying...The idea was to get the information to the people who want it, so go for it. If it'll reach interested people who might not find it where it is currently online or in hard copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society, then it's good." --Thanks, Susanna!

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