----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Cemeteries are one class of features that the GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) covers. This USGS database must be what Dr. Pierce has heard of. You can search GNIS on cd-rom or on the Internet by feature class so he could come up with a list of cemeteries for his county I assume. I've been told by one of the people on our state board for geographic names that he could contact Roger Payne of USGS in Reston, Virginia to ascertain who is the contact person in New York. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Request for information Author: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> at SOS08410 Date: 10/29/96 2:34 PM This is not really on our subject but I thought someone might be able to forward the request to the right office.----------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I have been given information that there is a rural cemetery database maintained by USGS. Could you send me information on that? As County Historian for Ontario County, NY I would like to use such a database for our planners, family history researchers, and for tourism information. Visits to family history sites is popular here as a form of tourism. We get thousands of out-of-state visitors for that purpose. I may be able to contribute to that database also since we have 177 documented cemteries. Dr. Preston E. Pierce Ontario County Historian 3871 Co. Rd. #46 Canandaigua, NY 14424