But certainly not forgotten!
Thanks to a two-year project spearheaded by SHS members Rebecca Dean-Rowe, Sally Watters, Molly Leavitt, and Jim Blaschke, you can now explore the Old Burial Ground virtually on our new interactive map.
Its sophisticated search mechanism lets you click on individual graves, read the inscriptions, and learn about the history of the people below. Best of all, the system is designed to be continually added to and expanded by both society members and outside contributors. This spring and summer, for example, we will be photographing and adding in pictures all the grave stones, and Sally Watters is busy researching the fascinating background stories of our founding residents to add to the collection. (Just click the image below to begin your explorations!)
If you have information you would like to share about any of the Old Burial Ground residents, please use the form below the map and we’ll add it to the database.
And finally, a shout out to Aidan Campbell, who designed the interactive and endured a thousand rounds of edits and changes!
This is a great resource.. thank you members for all your work. I’m a volunteer photographer for FindAGrave and often times am asked for information regarding the Old Burial Ground..this will help me quite a lot.
Do the yellow numbers signify burial groups or areas? When I click on one, I get a list of people..can I assume these folks are buried in this cluster/ area? I love the fact that I can also search by name..very nice indeed!