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    1. Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Willora Glee and the Conewago cemeteries
    2. Willora Glee
    3. I did not make the burial list out for either cemetery. They are just the same as they came to me. I have no idea who wrote the two lists. They have to be compared to the diagram of where the graves are located in both cemeteries. At 08:59 AM 4/24/2013, you wrote: >Has anyone compared the lists that Glee has to the Find-A-Grave lists >for Southern and Northern cemeteries? > >Offhand, I see two people who are listed on both the Southern and >Northern Find-A-Grave lists: >Susan Brinkerhoff >David Demaree > >David's stone is pictured in his Find-A-Grave listings for both >cemeteries - identical stone, different photos - but he does not appear >on Glee's list for Southern. A transcription of his stone is under his >name on Glee's list for Northern. > >Susan's stone is not pictured in either Find-A-Grave listing. She does >not appear on Glee's list for Southern. Her date of death appears in >both places, but her date of birth only in Southern. DOB in >Find-A-Grave's Northern is "Unknown." > >I didn't look beyond David Demaree, so don't know if there are more >duplications. > >Nancy > > >On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Carolyn Leonard wrote: > > > Hi Willora Glee and cousins, > > You did share those listings with me Willora, and I posted them on > > findagrave -- at least all of those that were not already on there -- > > and added family info to those I knew about. Also Mr. Weaner gave me > > his transcript of the burials in the northern cemetery, I have a copy > > of the listing that is in the Pennsylvania Archives, Willora Glee sent > > me her list, and my hubby and I walked both burial grounds in the last > > few years. Also whenever I have a few minutes I research the names on > > ancestry and other sites to help get the families sorted out and to > > verify info about the names. I am now going over the Gettysburg Times' > > 1960 series "A Bit of History About Early Settlers." > > > > There have always many errors and much confusion about the two > > cemeteries, Northern and Southern. Some of the people are listed in > > both places. I have corresponded with findagrave about the problem but > > am not sure the listings are all straightened out yet. > > > > Here is a hot link to the NORTHERN Low Dutch Cemetery sometimes > > called Osborns: http://goo.gl/jGLhz > > When that page opens, click on "view all interments" at the upper > > right. There are 64 memorials listed. You can double click on the > > underlined names to open and read what has been posted. If you have > > documentation of someone buried there who is not listed, even if there > > is no marker remaining, please email me at carolynleonard@me.com and I > > will try to fix it. Of course, you have to have some type of proof > > they are buried there. If you see an error, click on the "edit" tab at > > the top right of the memorial page, enter the correct info and send. > > The person who is responsible for maintaining that memorial will > > receive it. I am responsible for only 25 of the 64 memorials there > > now. > > > > There are 72 burials listed in the Southern or Lower Low Dutch > > cemetery. > > Here is a hot link to the SOUTHERN Low Dutch Cemetery sometimes called > > Youngs: http://goo.gl/cLNo0 > > > > I would be happy to receive any info any of you have that would help. > > You can email it to me at carolynleonard@me.com. > > > > By the way -- We are preparing for our once every two year Gathering > > of Low Dutch Cousins. We are descendants of the Low Dutch who settled > > New Amsterdam, moved to New Jersey, migrated to near Gettysburg, and > > made history when they later populated the Kentucky frontier. Our > > Dutch Cousins goal is to research, share and preserve the genealogy > > and history of our common Low Dutch heritage, including but not > > limited to, the restoration and preservation of the Old Mud > > Meetinghouse near Harrodsburg, KY. Our mission is to honor the memory > > of these ancestors, and enjoy the friendship of cousins - both > > newly-discovered and long-loved. To learn more about the Low Dutch > > check out our official webpage managed by Pam Ellingson webmaster: > > www.DutchCousins.org; Also you can go to www.carolynbleonard.com and > > click on Dutch Cousins, and the LOWDUTCHHERITAGE; sign up for the > > Dutch Letters round robin weekly email Buffalo234@cox.net; and visit > > the Dutch Cousins Facebook page. > > Download free genealogy stuff at http://bit.ly/Genealogystuff > > Blessings & Best wishes, > > cousin carolyn in Oklahoma > > > > > > On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:56 AM, dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com > > wrote: > > > >> I have given money in the past to maintain the Conewago cemeteries. I > >> was given in the past the list of who is buried in the North and > >> South cemeteries of Conewago. I also have a plot map for them. I > >> could share them but there are seven pages and I cannot post them to > >> the list. I have had these maps and burial lists for a long time for > >> over 15 years. If memory serves me right I shared them with Carolyn > >> Leonard and her Dutch Cousins list. I could post the burial lists but > >> not to plot maps. Maria Stryker Banta is supposed to buried in one of > >> the two cemeteries but there is not listing for her nor is there a > >> stone for her. She was buried to Henry Banta 4th. He is supposed to > >> be buried there too. I descend out of them. How do you want me to > >> handle this? > >> Glee Van Osdol Krapf > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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