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Summary Information

Title: Greenwood Cemetery Association Records,
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1966
Creator: Greenwood Cemetery Association (River Falls, Wis.)
Call No.: River Falls Mss CH
Extent: 1.8 c.f. (1 archives box, 1 card file, and 2 flat boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / River Falls Area Research Center
Contact Information
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Abstract:

Records of a cemetery on River Falls' north side including minute books (1876-1955), financial records, indexed records of burials and grave owners, burial permits, and plat maps.

Administrative/Restriction Information

Acquisition Information:

Presented by the Association and by Edward Walker, River Falls, Wis., 1979-1981. Accession Number: M79-072, M80-488, M81-537

Contents List

Container		Title
Box 1	Folder 1	Minutes of Board of Directors, 1876-1955 2 volumes
Box 1	Folder 2	Correspondence, 1924-1966
		Financial records
Box 1	Folder 3	Statement of receipts, disbursements, and assets, 1946-1964
Box 1	Folder 4	Account ledger, 1940-1954
Box 1	Folder 5	Cash journal, 1942-1954
Box 1	Folder 6	Yearly perpetual care reports, 1947, 1953-1954, 1956-1963
Box 1	Folder 7	Insurance policies, 1950-1956
Box 1	Folder 8	Miscellany, 1940, 1942, 1952-1958
Box 1	Folder 9-11	Burials, 1891-1961 Scope Note: List of burials in chronological order. Includes names, dates, and graves' locations.
Box 2	Volume 1	Index to graves and plat maps Scope Note: Includes index to lot owners, arranged alphabetically by surname; and cemetery maps showing locations of blocks, lots, and individual grave sites. Ages at the times of death are included.
Box 2	Folder 1	Miscellaneous burial records, undated Scope Note: Includes a surname index.
Box 2	Folder 2	Cemetery plat maps Scope Note: Show locations of blocks and lots, names of lot owners, and individual graves. Newspaper obituaries are included for some. Photocopy of the original.
Box 3		Burial Permits, 1902-1951 Scope Note: Stubs of burial permits presumably issued by the City of River Falls. Burials took place in Greenwood Cemetery as well as other cemeteries. The permits are arranged chronologically and include names, place of burial, date and place of death, cause of death, name of funeral director, and physician's name.
Box 4		List of burials, 1945-1955 and cemetery plat maps 1 volume Scope Note: Maps show locations of blocks and lots, names of lot owners, and individual graves. Newspaper obituaries are included for some.

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