The Weimar Project is a joint effort by the Colfax Area Historical Society, the Colfax Veterans of Foreign Wars California Post 2003, and the American Legion Colfax Post 192 District #7, all located in Colfax, Placer County, California, to honor the people buried in the Weimar Cemetery.

The book History of the Weimar Joint Sanatorium and the Weimar Cemetery is available for purchase on www.amazon.com. It includes a list of historical burials in the Weimar Cemetery.

The Weimar Cemetery was originally a part of the Weimar Joint Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, which operated under various names from 1919-1972. Patients who died at the Sanatorium and who had no other means of burial were interred on the Sanatorium property AKA the Weimar Cemetery.

Since this was essentially a Potter's Field, instead of traditional tombstones each grave was assigned a number which was engraved onto a brass disc. The graves were marked by a piece of 2x6 wood with the corresponding brass disc attached. Cards for each patient, located in the Sanatorium office, translated names to numbers and vice-versa. The cards also had information on where the person lived before being admitted to the Sanatorium and other data.

At some point, the information from the cards was transferred to ledger books and the cards were tossed. Over time, one of the ledger books was lost. A few other records were preserved. In 1989, Patricia Stanford and Lois A. Dove reviewed the remaining records and published Deaths and Burials at Weimar Sanatorium.

Unfortunately, during various data transfers information was lost and errors crept into the remaining data, so there is uncertainty about exact who is buried in the Weimar Cemetery and where they are buried.

The Weimar Project is an attempt to resolve as many discrepancies as possible, which includes reviewing every Placer County Death Certificate during the 50-year timeframe that the cemetery was in use. We are also identifying veterans of military service where possible. Using metal detectors and GPS, a map of the graves which still have brass discs will be generated and an effort will be made to determine the location of graves with missing discs.

We will also be putting up a memorial to military veterans and a kiosk with a list of interments and a map of the graves. Hopefully at some time funding will be acquired to replace the wooden markers with more permanent ones.

Click here to view a transcription of the cemetery.

Click here to search for a name or grave number using the Search box

Click here to see all of the memorials for the Weimar Cemetery.

Click here to see the memorials for veterans buried in the Weimar Cemetery.

(Note that the Weimar Institute, the current owner of the former Sanatorium property, has added burials to the cemetery during recent years. These graves have traditional headstones, and are not considered part of The Weimar Project. The Weimar Cemetery itself is part of the Colfax Cemetery District.)

The Weimar Project is a joint effort by the Colfax Area Historical Society, the Colfax Veterans of Foreign Wars California Post 2003, and the American Legion Colfax Post 192 District #7, all located in Colfax, Placer County, California, to honor the people buried in the Weimar Cemetery.

The book History of the Weimar Joint Sanatorium and the Weimar Cemetery is available for purchase on www.amazon.com. It includes a list of historical burials in the Weimar Cemetery.

The Weimar Cemetery was originally a part of the Weimar Joint Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, which operated under various names from 1919-1972. Patients who died at the Sanatorium and who had no other means of burial were interred on the Sanatorium property AKA the Weimar Cemetery.

Since this was essentially a Potter's Field, instead of traditional tombstones each grave was assigned a number which was engraved onto a brass disc. The graves were marked by a piece of 2x6 wood with the corresponding brass disc attached. Cards for each patient, located in the Sanatorium office, translated names to numbers and vice-versa. The cards also had information on where the person lived before being admitted to the Sanatorium and other data.

At some point, the information from the cards was transferred to ledger books and the cards were tossed. Over time, one of the ledger books was lost. A few other records were preserved. In 1989, Patricia Stanford and Lois A. Dove reviewed the remaining records and published Deaths and Burials at Weimar Sanatorium.

Unfortunately, during various data transfers information was lost and errors crept into the remaining data, so there is uncertainty about exact who is buried in the Weimar Cemetery and where they are buried.

The Weimar Project is an attempt to resolve as many discrepancies as possible, which includes reviewing every Placer County Death Certificate during the 50-year timeframe that the cemetery was in use. We are also identifying veterans of military service where possible. Using metal detectors and GPS, a map of the graves which still have brass discs will be generated and an effort will be made to determine the location of graves with missing discs.

We will also be putting up a memorial to military veterans and a kiosk with a list of interments and a map of the graves. Hopefully at some time funding will be acquired to replace the wooden markers with more permanent ones.

Click here to view a transcription of the cemetery.

Click here to search for a name or grave number using the Search box

Click here to see all of the memorials for the Weimar Cemetery.

Click here to see the memorials for veterans buried in the Weimar Cemetery.

(Note that the Weimar Institute, the current owner of the former Sanatorium property, has added burials to the cemetery during recent years. These graves have traditional headstones, and are not considered part of The Weimar Project. The Weimar Cemetery itself is part of the Colfax Cemetery District.)