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For the reasons mentioned above, the
work has assumed greater proportions than
was originally intended and four years
have passed since it was begun. It is
now completed to date. But "completion"
is an erroneous term. Burials were made
but never recorded and stones were never
placed or, if they were, time, over a
period of one hundred and eighty years,
has wrought its changes and the stones
have disappeared. It seems reasonable to
assume that the burials in four lots in
the cemetery will never be known. Also,
here and there are unmarked graves whose
occupants I have been unable to identify.
Those who might have remembered and who
could have contributed valuable informa-
tion have, in turn, passed on.

A new chart of the cemetery has been
completed. It was duplicated by Professor
Fred F. Parker in February, 1950 and copies
of it are on file in the office of the
Selectmen.

The Dartmouth Cemetery Books 1 - 6

The 12-acre area of the Dartmouth Cemetery
contains 410 lots. The books include dia-
grams of these lots together with inscript-
ions on stones and monuments. The purpose
has been to reproduce inscriptions as they
are. For this reason, errors though there
may be, phonetic spelling and capitali-
zation of the stone cutter, dates and age
are as they appear on the stones.

Card Index. The card index which should
accompany the books was compiled with a
quite different aim in mind. Many monu-
ments and stones bear only the date of
death; some record age, others do not;
some record only the year of birth and
death. To such extent as possible, com-
plete dates of birth, death and age have
been brought together in the card index.