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The cemetery’s name, or what you may know it as. It could be named after a former church, local landmark, or the family that started it.
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The nearest postal address of a home, church, or business will help us find it. You can also include a nearby crossroad, bridge, or landmark.
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Provide these if you can, using your smart phone or hand-held GPS unit. A spot near visible headstones is ideal. This is optional if you don’t know or can’t determine the GPS coordinates.
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This date can be determined through local records, stories or memory, or the date on the earliest headstone you can find. The county clerk’s office or county property appraiser may also be able to help.
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If headstones are visible, look to see the earliest and latest dates. If no headstones are visible, you may write “no headstones,” or if no dates are readable, you may use “cannot determine.”
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Is the cemetery abandoned? Is it overgrown with weeds and trees? Does it appear well-maintained with grass cut, bushes trimmed, and headstones cleaned? Are headstones broken or is there evidence of other vandalism? Is the cemetery threatened by construction, erosion, falling trees, animals, or other hazards?
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What do you see in terms of collapsing vaults, fallen headstones, animal burrows, storm damage, vandalism, or anything else?
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Provide an estimate of the square footage or acreage, or the number of headstones still visible. Don’t worry if it’s not perfect. Even one headstone or known grave is sufficient to record a cemetery. Sometimes older relatives remember the locations of cemeteries when all evidence above ground is gone. If no headstones are present, please fill out the form, and FPAN will work with DHR to verify the location.
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Contact Information
Provide your contact information, only if you want to. If the cemetery is not recorded in the FMSF, we would probably like to contact you to make sure we go to the right place, and to see if you would like to be involved. However, you are under no obligation and may remain anonymous if you wish.
Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public record. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, contact this office by phone or in writing. Bureau of Historic Preservation, Division of Historical Resources, R.A. Gray Building, 4th Floor, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399 (850) 245-6440
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