Transcribing Tombstone Information
At Green Hill Cemetery
In most cemetery office records, the only information about those buried is simply who is buried, in what burial plot, how much was paid for the plot, who
paid, and the burial date; the business records of the cemetery.
Whereas on the tombstone you may find much more information, such as birth date, death date, age, relationships (mother, father, son, daughter, wife,
husband, niece, nephew, etc.) and community involvement via words or symbols (Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Woodsmen of the World,
Sons of Confederate Veterans (CSV), Masons, military service, religion) and even quotes attributed to or phrases chosen by or for the deceased.
Tombstone transcription projects document anything that is written on the tombstone. A list of cemeteries tombstones already documented, fully or
partially, is available at http://www.usgwtombstones.org. When there, simply click to select any state, then any county, then any cemetery.
On the following page are examples of the information to transcribe and type into a computer file. Create an Excel spreadsheet with rows and
columns of information. Ann can provide an empty spreadsheet already formatted for your use. Please consistently use the following shortcuts:
w/o for “wife of”, h/o for “husband of”, d/o for “daughter of”, s/o for “son of”. If tombstones are hard to read, record what you can and then type question
marks ??? where you are unsure of the words or numbers. Use the column named Your Additional Notes to share your comments, such as if “Shares
stone with ...”. When there are words, but you can't read any of it, type the phrase Inscription unreadable in the Your Additional Notes column to
distinguish those from tombstones with no information.
Make one computer file for for each section of Green Hill Cemetery. You may e-mail each section's computer file separately to Ann Stringfield, a
volunteer with Friends of Green Hill Cemetery. infocrofters@triad.rr.com. Ann will ensure your work is properly identified, and help you add required
wording to the top of your file. Then you will e-mail your file to the North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Manager Autumn Cummings at
cummings.autumn@gmail.com.
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Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be
reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for
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Thank you very
much for your tombstone transcription project efforts in Green Hill Cemetery!
Green Hill Cemetery, Guilford County, Greensboro, NC
This document was created by Ann Stringfield of Friends of Green Hill Cemetery
www.foghc.org on May 11, 2010.
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Green Hill Cemetery, Guilford County, Greensboro, NC
Section 4
Name
Birth Date
Death Date
Words on Tombstone
Brock, Josephine Hicks
21. May. 1853
7. Mar. 1936
Booth, Fannie P.
8. Feb. 1858
17. Jun. 1942
Young, Wm. W.
26. May. 1809
6. Mar. 1895
Young, Isabella D.
28. Dec. 1809
15. May. 1893
w/o Wm. W. Young
Fields, Lilie V.
3. Mar. 1905
20. Mar. 1905
d/o Hattie E. & F.M. Fields
Wishart, Mary Fanny
19. Feb. 1861
15. Dec. 1892
w/o J. J. Wishart.
Aged 31 yrs 9 mos 26 days. Here
lies one who in this life was a kind
mother, a true wife. She was by
many virtues blest and piety among
the best.
Bennett, George Rodga
5. Sep. 1914
20. Dec. 1997
T Sgt US Army, World War II
Patterson, Infant Son
24. Oct. 1906
24. Oct. 1906
s/o C. O. & Maude Patterson.
Those little lips so sweet to kiss are
closed forever now.
Shares stone with Isabella D. Young.
???Yates, ???
Doak, Martha M.
Your Additional Notes
Shares stone with Wm. W. Young.
With the Patterson family marker.
Headstone is overturned and is
unreadable
19. Dec. 1830
w/o J.W. Doak
Stone is partially buried. Unable to
read death date.
Dickinson, Asa
Dettmering, Carolina M.
Carvis
2. Apr. 1825
20. Jan. 1902
Hanover, Germany [listed above birth
date].
USA Greensboro NC [listed above
death date]
Clarida
Large stone with no other information.
Schultz, C.A.
20. Mar. 1831
11. May. 1892
???, Mary Pearl
11 Apr ???
May ???
1st Lieutenant CO B ??
Battalion SS??.
Born in Salem, NC
Inscription unreadable.