ABOUT THIS PROJECT

        A record was made about 1969-1970 of all cemeteries in Nevada County by the
Home Demonstration Clubs.  This information has been very helpful for those researching
their ancestors.  However, these records are now approximately 30 years old, and we felt
that an update was needed.

        This started out as a small project.  We first thought about just making a list of all
marked Civil War veteran’s graves in the county, since many people are interested in that
war.  That would just involve walking over each cemetery looking for Civil War soldiers.
Then we realized that the veterans of other wars and those that served in peace-time also
made a valuable contribution.  We then abandoned the first idea and just decided to update
the cemetery records and include all military information that was recorded at the grave
sites.  This information is included in the remarks section of each cemetery record.

 For this project, we tried to follow the following rules of recording information:

 1. Information is recorded as it appears on the marker, even if it appears to be
     misspelled.
 2. Double and triple markers mean those that are attached to one base.
 3. Funeral home markers are usually listed as metal markers in remarks column.
 4. Graves marked by rocks, petrified wood, concrete, etc. with no other 
     information were tallied and a total given at the end of each record.
 5. Sometimes a grave is tallied under (Unknown) if some information is found such
     as partial dates or parts of a name.
 6. Driving directions to each cemetery are given in a simple way so that most
     people can locate them without too much trouble.

        This is not intended to replace the earlier records.  They are still important and
some contain information about family relationships that our records do not include.  One
must also realize that the first records were recorded 30 years ago and some markers have
become unreadable.

        Even though we tried to be very careful in recording this information, we know
that we probably made some mistakes and for that we apologize.  We hope this
information will be helpful to future generations searching for their ancestors.  It has taken
us almost two years to cover all the cemeteries in Nevada County working on weekends
and vacation time and many hours of typing to compile these records.  We hope that some
of you will find some information here that will be beneficial in your search for your roots.


Jerry and Jeanie McKelvy


May 12, 1999