I have been researching my family history since 2002 on ancestry.com. I live in Ventura, California and have added myself as a photo volunteer for this area. I have relatives buried at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard, and Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, so I visit these cemeteries from time to time.

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Information for anyone requesting a photo from Cemetery Park (Cemetery Memorial Park) in Ventura, CA. Originally Saint Mary's Cemetery, it was closed in the 1940's due to a new city ordinance making burials within the city limits illegal. In the 1960's the city turned the property into a park, the headstones were removed but the remains of the dead were left undisturbed. There are markers indicating where some plots are located, these markers are actually the size of a small ground level headstone with the basic information, name, birth date, and death date.

If you have a relative buried there, and you know there is a marker I would have no problem going there and getting a photo, please include the plot location.

To get the plot location info or if there is no marker for your relative(s) and you want one added you need to contact Barbara Cavalli at (805) 652 4553 or [email protected].

Michael

I have been researching my family history since 2002 on ancestry.com. I live in Ventura, California and have added myself as a photo volunteer for this area. I have relatives buried at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard, and Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, so I visit these cemeteries from time to time.

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Information for anyone requesting a photo from Cemetery Park (Cemetery Memorial Park) in Ventura, CA. Originally Saint Mary's Cemetery, it was closed in the 1940's due to a new city ordinance making burials within the city limits illegal. In the 1960's the city turned the property into a park, the headstones were removed but the remains of the dead were left undisturbed. There are markers indicating where some plots are located, these markers are actually the size of a small ground level headstone with the basic information, name, birth date, and death date.

If you have a relative buried there, and you know there is a marker I would have no problem going there and getting a photo, please include the plot location.

To get the plot location info or if there is no marker for your relative(s) and you want one added you need to contact Barbara Cavalli at (805) 652 4553 or [email protected].

Michael