St. Mary’s CemeteryKinney, PA

Presented 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