Bureau County Genealogical Society to present cemetery GPS project – Shaw Local
Cori Cunningham’s work on the Valdez City Cemetery began as a data entry project, converting paper records to a digital format. She will explain the use of a metal detector to find pins and using GPS to locate the exact position of each grave plot. (Photo provided by Tracy Wright)
The Bureau County Genealogical Society March program will be on the use of GPS in cemeteries and cemetery records.
After growing up in Sheffield, Cori Cunningham attended Eastern Illinois University, taught in Paris, Illinois, and then moved to Valdez, Alaska, where she taught school.
Cunningham’s work on the Valdez City Cemetery began as a data entry project, converting paper records to a digital format. She will explain the use of a metal detector to find pins and using GPS to locate the exact position of each grave plot. The original data entry project lasted three summers plotting gravesites. Cunningham moved back to Illinois in 2020, settled in Princeton and works at the Princeton Public Library.
Cunningham’s program will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at 629 S. Main St., Princeton. BCGS will host its annual meeting immediately prior and everyone is welcome to attend. If you have any question, contact BCGS at 815-879-3133. The BCGS is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and the first Saturday of each month.
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