Document Type
Datasets
Date
2025
Keywords
Cemeteries, Historic sites, Local history, New York (State)--Syracuse, Registers (Lists), Burial records, Handwritten text transcription
Language
English
Funder(s)
Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC)
Acknowledgements
Digitization and transcription of Book 1 was supported by the Central New York Library Resource Council's Access and Digitization Grants provided to Syracuse University Libraries in 2021, 2022, and 2024.
Disciplines
Cataloging and Metadata
Description/Abstract
This computational dataset was developed from a transcription of Book 1 of the Oakwood Cemetery Registers, held by Oakwood Cemeteries of Syracuse, Inc. in Syracuse, New York. The project to digitize and transcribe the handwritten register was initiated by Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications and accomplished as a joint project between Newhouse, the Syracuse University Libraries, and the Central New York Library Resources Council.
The register documents interments from 8 November 1859 through 27 March 1902 and includes pertinent information about the deceased. The transcribed information has been normalized by Libraries staff for use as computational data. Please see the attached read_me file for further information on the metadata, normalization, and tips for using this CSV file.
Please scroll to the bottom of this page to access the read_me under "additional files."
Recommended Citation
Department of Digital Stewardship, "Oakwood Cemetery Register, Book 1, Computational Dataset" (2025). Collections as Data. 2.
https://surface.syr.edu/cad/2
Source
submission
Creative Commons License
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