I think that everyone is going to be excited about this. We will all say a short prayer for you tonight. Folks, just a few words of hope for Jane. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMESB BISHOP" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Staking Out Cathedral Cemetery on Palm Sunday > What a fantastic story. I'm sure you are very excited, and, I for > one, will be thinking of you and hoping that you meet the mystery > flower placers personally and find that it is a relative or > someone who really loved your ancestor. > > I think that you might consider writing this one up and > submitting to some of the genealogy magazines which love such > feature stories, or take a reporter from your local newspaper or > TV station with you, or get a cell number where maybe you could > contact them if and when you are successful making contact with > the person/s placing the flowers! > > Thanks for sharing with the list. I'm really excited for you! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Thursby" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:28 PM > Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Staking Out Cathedral Cemetery on Palm > Sunday > > > I thought I would tell all the Baltimore people what I am up to > tomorrow > (Palm Sunday) in case you want to join me in my adventure. > > Two years ago in May after looking for many years, I finally > found my > husband' 2nd great-grandparents gravesite. They are in New > Cathedral in > Baltimore. I rushed over to take pictures of the graves and it > was only > when I got home and downloaded the pictures from my camera that I > noticed > that there were flowers in the urn, relatively new ones too. In > my > excitement of finding the Fischer plot, I hadn't noticed. I > couldn't call > the cemetery back because it was Saturday afternoon and had to > wait until > Monday only to find out they had no contact except for the woman > who died in > the 1970's. > > I checked all my findings and no descendent said they had left > them. I > searched for new unknown descendents but none were to be found. > Everyone > was dead or had died childless as far as I could determine. > > So-I went back to the cemetery with a plastic cover note. Almost > a year > went by and nothing so last Good Friday I went back. I made sure > that I > took another note in case the first was gone. As I walked up to > the > tombstone, I noticed the note was gone. I leaned over to replace > the note > when what did I notice but palms in with new flowers. The palms > from Palm > Sunday! The first year I had thought the flowers were from > Mother's day but > I now realize they were Palm Sunday. > > I had missed them by 5 days! > > So tomorrow, I am going out to New Cathedral after dropping Chip > at church > and waiting. I will be getting there around 10:30 am and > waiting. I will > be taking a book, some work and my needlepoint project and I am > waiting. I > hope I am not to late in the morning but I will be able to tell > that because > today I went by after the MGS luncheon and put another note out > there. IN > THE RAIN > > The flowers had been changed to a Christmas poinsettia and had > been duct > taped to the urn to hold it in place. SOMEBODY is coming out > there several > times a year. I wonder if my note is missing by the time they > are getting > there? > > Just as a precaution-I removed the flower and the dust tape and > replaced it > with the note rubber banded in place. > > Tomorrow I am ready. Please show up so I can find out who you > are. Please > if you come Monday or Tuesday, however-take my note and call or > write or > email..PLEASE! > > Jane Thursby >>From England to Maryland by the early 1700's and still Maryland. > Researching: > Thursby, Stinchecum, Seward, Clag(g)ett, McNamara, Barnes, > Muckelroy, > Watkins, Kennard, Fallin, Snyder, Griffin, Benson, Cullison, > Shipley, Beall, > White, Wheatly, Mullineaux, Lee, Norris, Waugh, Oldner, Davis, > Sasscer, > Fell, Keith, Benton, Hitchcock, Clark, Moxley, Norwood, Lewis, > Tydings, > Lamb, Gassaway, Holland, Musgrove > Also through George Schaffer (Chip): > Schaffer, Appel, Dinsmore, Fischer, Yeagle, Suman, Soellner, > Franz, Baker, > Albert, Miller, Buzzard, Kitzmiller, Loeb, Stougel, Rohr, Turner, > Wilson, > Schichadanz > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogical Only, > Join us at [email protected] for discussions on > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Carroll Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Howard Co.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward > >