Brian, I think it would be fantastic if you would name [at least] a few of the names you are researching. You might be able to knock down a brick wall or two. We used to come to beautiful Canada to search, but age is telling on me now so I stay in the wonderful area of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Betty Hughson in Maryland, USA Researching in Canada HUGHSON, HOSKIN, ARMSTRONG, SAUL, PARDO, LOUNSBURY to name but a few. Mostly in Kent and Middlesex Counties, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilchrists" <gilchrists@idirect.com> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:24 AM Subject: [ON-CEM] Sheila's request of Brian. > Good evening cemetery listers every-where ... > > Our List Administrator Sheila is very grateful for our support. In a private > communication with me, she has asked me to do a couple of things to create > some new topics of interest for us to discuss ... > > One of the questions that Sheila asked of me was: "How many cemeteries have > you been to and could I name them and give their location." > > Well Sheila and fellow listers, after I stopped laughing, with tears running > down my face, I called my Mom Audrey into my office and she too went into > quite a giggle fit ... > > Ok, long story made sort of short ... one of my first genealogical > pilgrimages was in the fall of 1966 to try and locate the grave of my > mother's paternal grandmother in Prospect cemetery, here in Toronto - and > the rest they say is history ... > > I should mention that I have ancestors (ANCESTORS, not relatives)buried in > the counties of Lanark, Ontario, York, Halton, Peel, Wentworth, Wellington, > Grey, Bruce, Lincoln and Lambton) as well as in the provinces of New > Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, and the states of New > Jersey, Missouri, Michigan - so my connections, and hence interests, are > wide and varied. > > As to the actual number of cemeteries that I have been "in" (above and below > ground I might add!!!! but hey those are stories for another day)- that > number is incalculable, and it is certainly in > thousands ... > > I know that one of my best friends (Bill Patton) and I went to 25 different > cemeteries in one day in the Halton - Peel - Hamilton - Niagara area a > number of years back. We kept a record ... Started at about 7:00 a.m., and > was home after midnight. > > Bill Patton and I, along with my mother Audrey Gilchrist, and family friend > Brenda Cook are founding and honorary members of a very exclusive and select > genealogical group called "The Crypt Crawlers Association of Canada" (CCAC, > for short, and it is not connected with the wonderful nursing assistance > programme Community Care Access). Membership is predicated on you having > been at least eight feet underground in a cemetery in a family owned vault - > in other words in an under ground crypt! > > Conservatively there are about 4,500 burial grounds known to exist in > Ontario and I would dare assert that I have been in over 2,000 or more of > them over the past 38 years that I have been doing research. I have been in > cemeteries from Windsor to Glengarry, up through North Bay and Sudbury, and > as far north as Thunder Bay. > > As to the number of transcripts that I have, again I have no idea but a ball > park estimate might be around 400 different transcriptions - > > So, enough about me... can I now pose a question for the list? Have any of > you been in more than 25 cemeteries in one day? > > Cheers! > J. Brian Gilchrist > Etobicoke > > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians (lookups ) http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~clifford/index.htm ( photos) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janjones/ (view obits online) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http:/ /www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >