From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jul 16 20:05:03 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6H24xjb019574; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:04:59 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6H24uax024565 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:04:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6GNRYFI001450 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:27:34 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6GNRYBH001449 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:27:34 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6GN3vFI001266 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:03:57 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6H1f8ou028370 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:41:08 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mrgjb@sover.net Sun Jul 16 19:41:08 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6H1f8jb028361 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:41:08 -0600 Received: from mailgate4.sover.net (mailgate4.sover.net [209.198.87.109]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6H1f4Hq007828 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:41:05 -0600 Received: from [216.114.162.193] (dialup391.wnskvtao.sover.net [216.114.161.138]) by mailgate4.sover.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k6H1fVUC021370 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:41:32 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: mrgjb@mail.sover.net Message-Id: Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:03:24 -0700 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Ruth Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] WPA Cemetery & Vital Statistics Records The WPA cemetery transcriptions in one local town were in the possession of a private citizen. When she died they were given to the town Cemetery Commission. I was a member of the commission at the time and transcribed them but the originals are still with the town office. Ruth At 5:14 PM -0600 7/13/06, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Hi Group, > > I searched the archives but unable to find an answer. Is there any >specific place where all the WPA Records were stored or archived? Since >it was a govt program, I was wondering if there was a way to locate them? >Were they housed in each individual county or state? > > I have seen some of the cemetery transcriptions, which were very >helpful in locating and verifying information but not in all areas. It >seems very hit and miss on whether the information still exists. > > Would love to have a response, >Thanks, >Pam Bray -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT