Information Resources

These resources provide information, photo galleries, and external references related to the history of the cemeteries, the lives of the persons for whom this sanctuary is their final resting place, and the Georgetown community.
Also provided is a variety of general information resources about historic cemetery preservation.
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Index of Resources ('click' on entries to navigate to detailed information)
Methodist episcopal, Mount Zion, and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries History
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Female Union Band Society of Georgetown, D.C., Constitution (Washington, D.C., 1859)
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1879 Dumbarton & Mount Zion Churches Burial Ground Lease Agreement
Cemeteries Information System
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Provides access to biographical, death, and burial information, photos, memorial and document images associated with persons interred in the historic burial grounds.
Burial Records
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The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records and Map - 1975, Paul E. Sluby
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The Methodist Burying Ground, Burial Records - 1975 Paul E. Sluby with further research annotations
Cemetery Surveys
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2008 NPS GIS Overlay of 1975 Gravestones Location for Return Survey
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2018 Headstones, Monuments, Artifacts Inventory
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Property maps
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Trees and Foliage Survey Plat and Index
"I never would have guessed..."
Other Valuable Records and Information
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Index of 1862 DC Emancipation Compensation Petition Claim Numbers by Enslaver
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1862 DC Emancipation Compensation Petitions Enslaved Persons Details
Place Holder - Resources To Be Developed
Photographs and Videos
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Cemetery photos
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Monuments, headstones and artifacts photos
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Cemetery Events Photos
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McKinley Tech Day of Service June 2019
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Cemetery events videos
Cemetery Preservation
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Monuments, headstones, artifacts
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Grounds
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Invasive plant species
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Tree canopy
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Groundwater management