Cemetery Data Management can be used to organize foundational cemetery data in ArcGIS. This data can be loaded from existing source data or digitized from existing cemetery maps.

Cemeteries are typically subdivided into a series of areas (for example, sections, blocks, lots, and gravesites). Burial and/or ownership information is commonly associated with a given gravesite.

The solution uses five layers to represent the subdivisions of a cemetery:

- Cemeteries

- Sections

- Blocks

- Lots

- Gravesites

Related burial and ownership information is stored in two tables:

- Burials

- Owners

The following task groups are organized to help you load existing source data or digitize cemetery data using hardcopy maps.

- Create cemetery data will guide you through creating new data using existing hardcopy maps or related source information.

- Load cemetery data will guide you through loading existing GIS data into the layers provided.

- Load burial and ownership information will guide you through loading existing burial and ownership record information into the tables provided.