Re: ? about the North Burial Ground, Providence RI
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? about the North Burial Ground, Providence RI
Tammy Fornari 9/03/03
Just to add my insight to all the other responses -- my great-grandfather died in 1912 and was also buried in the White Poor Ground there.I went into the cemetery office one day with his date of death, plus the info (from my mom) that he had been buried there -- and they couldn't find a thing.However, I was insistent, and so the lady looked in a few more books and finally did find the records.The area is fairly large, mostly level, well mowed, and the gravesites unmarked, except for some small markers and a few stones that some families must have added in more recent years. Not all of the gravesites have the numbered markers, and I never did figure out exactly where my great-grandfather was buried.It is an interesting cemetery to visit, however, and I did look around a bit.There are some very old historic gravestones there.