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St. Mary’s CemeteryKinney, PAPresented by Kera Mariotti, LS Advised by Deryck Holdsworth, Ph. D.February 16, 2012
OVERVIEW What is a GIS Goals and Objectives History of St. Mary’s Cemetery 2009 State of the Cemetery Overview of St. Mary’s GIS Prestigious Occupant Conclusion/Questions
What is a GIS
Goals and Objectives
Create a way of storing/retrieving information pertaining to the cemetery.
Waukesha, WI
St. Mary’s RC CemeteryImage Courtesy of Potter County Website Image Courtesy of Wikipedia
Image Courtesy of Google Maps
HISTORY OF ST. MARY’S
UNKOWN!!! Only via Parole
2009 State of the Cemetery No steady income!
Mowing paid through donations.
No formal organization!
St. Mary’s RC Cemetery
The “Hart Plot’ of Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery.
a.k.a the “new” section
GIS
Placing the survey data into the GIS was the beginning.
Boundary lines and the “Hart Plot” Lots.
Occupied Lots
Occupied Lots
Occupied Lots
The lots in the old section of the cemetery are extremely randomly placed!
Table Information
Table Information
Table Information
Missing Information I am asking for any information that
you can provide me.
Please see printouts!
Database Analysis Oldest Occupant according to death
date
Oldest Occupant according to birth date
Years with most deaths
Medal of Honor Receipent
References Potter County website, accessed 12/6/11.
http://www.pottercountypa.org/static/index.cfm?contentID=51 Prairiehome Cemetery GIS, accessed 12/6/11.
http://www.maps.ramaker.com/prairiehome/default.htm St. Michaels Cemetery GIS, accessed 12/6/11.
http://uwf.edu/smc/viewer/ Medal of Honor Recipients, accessed 12/4/11.
http://www.cmohs.org/ Painted Hills Historical Society, last accessed
12/1/11. http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/KinneyCem.htm
Genesee Township, Wikipedia, accessed 12/6/11.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_Township,_Potter_County,_Pennsylvania
Special Thanks to: Deryck Holdsworth, Ph. D.
Donna Allen and my family Joe, Isabel & JT
Questions/Comments