The Gravestone Cemetery Project
More Information: Cemetery Research
In the mid-1980s, the Society decided to update and publish work done by Jane Wall, one of the founding members of the Fairfax Genealogical Society. Additionally, the Society surveyed other graveyards and cemeteries not included in her original project. The administration of the Fairfax County Public Library granted the Society permission to use Jane Wall's documents in our publications. The Society began by locating all known surveys of Fairfax County cemeteries and comparing them to the Wall surveys. We are especially indebted to Carrie White Avery, who conducted surveys in the early 1920s; Aurelia M. Jewell, who conducted surveys in the late 1940s and early 1950s; and to Brian Conley, Information Specialist in the Virginia Room, Fairfax City Regional Library, who has expended much effort to pinpoint the locations of the more than 350 burial locations in the county.