Burial and Vital Records: 1840-1937

Understanding Data Fields

This guide is meant to help you understand the data fields in each record. The data fields correspond to columns that were filled out for each individual burial record (one row). 

Please note: there may be errors in transcription and/or variances in the way that data was recorded by Cemetery employees over time. It may be helpful to reference the linked digital images of the original pages for clarity.

If you still have questions about what you are seeing, please email vitalrecords@green-wood.com with questions.

Click the fields below for explanatory notes on each.