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Town compiles 550 burial records for state archives; plans migration to Chronicle
Summary
Volunteers and staff reconciled burial data for a state grant submission; the Chair said about 550 lines needed verification and the town plans to send originals to the state archives and migrate recordkeeping to Chronicle for preservation and accessibility.
The Chair reported on a grant project to reconcile burial records and said she and volunteers compiled and reformatted cemetery data for the state. She told the committee she found "550 lines" on the spreadsheet and worked nights to confirm birth, death and burial dates before submitting required records to the state archive team before the deadline.
She said the state archive service will preserve original documents and return scanned copies, which the town can access; committee members praised the work and discussed coordinating volunteer help to continue name verification. The Chair proposed migrating from ad‑hoc Excel spreadsheets into Chronicle for ongoing recordkeeping to reduce duplication and keep an authoritative master file.
