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WATERFORD RURAL CEMETERY

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FOREWORD

The following records are the result of an extensive effort by a number of persons. Richard Williams, a local historian and a Trustee of the Waterford Museum, conceived the idea of developing this finding aid. He approached the Saratoga County Historian, Karen Campola, with the concept.

Karen agreed to support the project and contacted Eben Patrick, President of the Board of Trustees of the cemetery. The Trustees gave their permission for the project. Karen then contacted a group of ladies at Von Schoonhoven Square to transcribe the records.

Dorothy Barrett headed a group including Gertrude Flynn, Mary Law, Betty Merolla and Edna Stoliker. The ladies, in cooperation with John Paskow (deceased), former Superintendent of the cemetery, transcribed the cemetery records onto forms provided by the county historian's office, designed by Lynn Calvin, a volunteer at the office. The ladies described this as enjoyable work and were very pleased to have the opportunity. They spent many hours in August and September, 1995 putting this together.

Wes Morris, of the county historian's office was then faced with the laborious task of transferring all of this information to computer. Over the period of a year, along with his other tasks, he transferred all of the records to a data base.

Finally, the writer transferred the information to alphabetized text files, edited the results and, with the help of Fred Anselment, current Superintendent of the cemetery, corrected some discrepancies, and produced this document.

Any project this size, with a number of persons involved in_its compilation, may have some errors or omissions. Please consider this a "work in progress" and feel free to advise of any changes. The best way to submit an addition or correction would be to write to Fred Anselment, Supt., Waterford Rural Cemetery, P. O. Box 163, Waterford, NY 12188. Fred is interested in making additions and corrections himself and would be happy to include your information, if valid, in the process. If you have any questions regarding cemetery records, please write to Fred at the above address and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Note: Brief comments are listed to the right of each record. When a date was indicated to be the date of death, it was so listed. When no date of death was provided, the burial date was listed, if available, and noted as such.

The writer, with help from Ellen Kennedy, Halfmoon Town Historian, and Carol Waldron, has been editing records for the past two years and has made corrections and additions. This update reflects those changes.

Frank Goodway

Original publication December 1996

Last Updated December 1999