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Trustees weigh columbarium and QR-code mapping to expand capacity and public access
Summary
Trustees discussed installing columbariums to add urn capacity and a digital mapping/QR-code program tied to Find A Grave and local historical groups to improve public access to cemetery records; Joyce said the town could use restricted perpetual-care funds for columbarium purchases.
The Brentwood Town Cemetery Trustees discussed two related ideas Thursday to increase capacity and public engagement: installing columbaria for urns and creating QR-code markers and cemetery maps that link to records such as Find A Grave.
Cemetery Superintendent Joyce described columbaria used at the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery and at Blossom Hill in Concord, saying smaller units can significantly increase capacity on a limited footprint. "So it's 4 niches, and I think it's like a 4 by 5, so that's 20. And if…
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