{"id":1642,"date":"2015-01-31T03:26:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T03:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2015-01-31T03:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T03:28:16","slug":"catholic-cemeteries-of-the-diocese-of-wilmington-couples-online-burial-database-with-smartphone-app-to-help-genealogists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/catholic-cemeteries-of-the-diocese-of-wilmington-couples-online-burial-database-with-smartphone-app-to-help-genealogists\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Wilmington Couples Online Burial Database With Smartphone App to Help Genealogists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Wilmington has an online, searchable burial database, which contains records for All Saints, Gate of Heaven, and Cathedral cemeteries.\u00a0 A query is able to yield basic information such as the name of the deceased, the date of death, location of the grave, and in many cases a photo of the memorial.<\/p>\n<p>While the cemetery database went online around 2012, the Diocese recently added a new feature, a smartphone app.\u00a0 This tiny piece of\u00a0software uses the phone\u2019s GPS to direct you to the grave and it provides an aerial map view of the location, the essential information, and any images.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone seeking genealogical information at one of these Catholic cemeteries will find these to be helpful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdow.org\/catholic-diocese-of-wilmington-offices-and-ministries\/catholic-cemeteries\/catholic-cemeteries-burial-database-search\/\">Click here to go to the burial database<\/a> search page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?resize=500%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015-01-30_22-26-16\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?resize=1024%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?resize=800%2C721&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-30_22-26-16.jpg?w=1027&amp;ssl=1 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Wilmington has an online, searchable burial database, which contains records for All Saints, Gate of Heaven, and Cathedral cemeteries.\u00a0 A query is able to yield basic information such as the name of the deceased, the date of death, location of the grave, and in many cases a photo of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Wilmington Couples Online Burial Database With Smartphone App to Help Genealogists - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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