Digital Preservation Initiative

Help Us Preserve Their Stories

Family photographs, obituaries, documents, newspaper clippings, military information, and personal histories can help us build a fuller record of the people buried at Shady Lane Cemetery.

How Contributions Become Part of the Collection

1Material is received or discovered
2It is placed in the working archive
3Information is reviewed and verified
4Approved material is included in a future website update

A Curated Historical Record

The Digital Archive is a working research collection. The public website is a curated publication of reviewed and approved material. Content is not automatically published from the archive or from public submissions.

This review process helps us protect the accuracy of the cemetery record while still welcoming family knowledge, photographs, documents, corrections, and discoveries.

What We Hope to Preserve