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Keokuk To Computerize Cemetery Records

Keokuk, IA – Keokuk is going to computerize its records for Oakland Cemetery. Public Works Director, Bill Richards, says the current system is index cards filled with information. He says computerizing the records will allow visitors to search sections of the cemetery quickly. Richards says the program will also show a picture of each headstone. There are about 15,000 graves within the 60 acres of Oakland Cemetery. He says the city will explore making the records available online, if the technology allows it. The council has approved the project, which carries a price tag of about $55,000.