CENTURIES MEMORIAL CEMETERY Date: Transcribed By: Contact: Peggyhale@aol.com ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Located: Latitude 32.417N Longitude -93.785W this is Shreveport west. This cemetery is located in Shreveport between Mansfield Rd. and Kingston Rd. If you can give me a more detailed location of this cemetery please e-mail me at the above address. THIS CEMETERY HAS NOT YET BEEN TRANSCRIBED. If you are interested in transcribing this cemetery please go to this link (just copy & paste) http://www.ancestryprinting.com/cemetery.html to download the best form I have found for cemetery transcription. Here are a few things you might need to do or gather before you go: 1. Find out who has legal jurisdiction over the cemetery if it is on private property to obtain permission to access the property. (Most cemeteries are open to the public) 2. The Cemetery or Church Office may have plat or interment records that you may get copies of to help you. (I have found that you may find an interment that has no headstone listed on these.) 3. Scrubber pads (perferably white) 4. Spray bottle of water. 5. Grass clippers or a knife and a small shovel to cut grass away from buried headstones. You'd be suprised how quickly a headstone may get covered. 6. If you have bad knees you might want a knee pad like one used in gardening. 7. Your forms and paper and pencils. 8. White chalk (to clarify headstone inscriptions, never crayons, markers or paint) 9. A digital camera. (For pictures of the entrance to cemetery and/or tombstones which could be submitted to me and our USGenWeb Tombstone Project located here: http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html) 10. Insect repellant and sunscreen. 11. If you are transcribing a large cemetery and plan to spend the day a picnic lunch and drinks would be a good idea as many cemeteries are in remote locations. Record the information from the tombstone exactly as it appears; even the epitaphs. If it is in a foreign language, transcribe it exactly, do not try to translate it. Accuracy is very important. Also, record the blocks used to mark ownership of each lot even if there is no headstone as this could help in locating a family. Use the blank paper and pencils to make a rubbing if necessary to help you read the headstone. Many times spraying the headstone with water helps clarify the engravings. PLEASE BE CAREFUL AROUND THESE OLD HEADSTONES BECAUSE MANY ARE LOOSE FROM AGE AND PEOPLE TAMPERING WITH THEM AND MAY FALL CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. Photo Tips Use a digital camera for best results plus you can check to be sure that your picture came out okay. Sometimes you might need a small mirror to reflect sunlight onto a tombstone to get a good picture. When submitting your photos be sure to resize them first to a more manageable size. The best pictures are usually taken at an angle to the tombstone. (Again submit your tombstone photos not only to me but also to: http://www.usgwtombstones.org/index.html Once you have transcribed your cemetery please go here to submit it to USGenWeb: http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/introcem.html Thank you in advance for your help.