You cannot post attachments to this or any out list. I have the plot maps in the computer now and also the list of the burials. At 12:40 PM 4/23/2013, you wrote: >Could you take pictures of the 7 pages (plus map) and post the pics? > > >On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Willora Glee <gleek@ptd.net> 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 > > > > > > At 11:12 AM 4/22/2013, you wrote: > > > > > Both the Dorland Cemetery on Sunset Road in Montgomery Twp. Somerset > > > County, NJ and the Conewago Cemetery on Swift Run Road are comprised > > of > > > grave makers which are basically field stone rocks which, if lucky, > > are > > > marked with initials and a date. The date of the Dorland > > > Cemetery is around > > > 1735 with burials ending by 1800, while the Conewago Cemetery > > probably was > > > established ca. 1772 however burials continued into the 1900's > > > with only two > > > burials, one a gypsy boy buried ca. 1910-1912 and David Weaner burial > > in > > > 1964. More times than not, there is just a stone marker and those > > can be > > > just the tip of the stone, the stone may have sunk into the ground, > > fallen > > > on its side so only a odd shaped stone sticks up, that kind of thing. > > Most > > > of these are rough read colored stones at Conewago and field stones > > which > > > seem to be cut in a long narrow shape with an indent half way > > > down the stone > > > at the Dorland cemetery. > > > Conewago RDCh. families later erected the more familiar gravestones > > on a > > > few family plots, but today there are many unmarked graves, the > > > field stones > > > long gone. There was a man, Gerry Byers, a german man who was > > employed by > > > the church in the 1700's who was the custodian of the cemetery, > > whether or > > > not he was responsible for the cutting of the field stones was never > > > mentioned but these were not just superficial stones, they were > > > long enough > > > and mostly narrow, as were the Dorland stones to be sunk deeply into > > the > > > ground. > > > The Dorland field stones were crushed by heavy farm equipment > > > which had been > > > parked there and/or pushed down under the ground by the weight of the > > > equipment. While the Conewago Cemetery was enclosed by a stone wall, > > the > > > Dorland cemetery was never that fortunate. There is a limited list of > > > burials for Conewago but in order to determine whether or > > > not your ancestor > > > was actually buried there, the baptismal, deacons records and > > > wills need to > > > be consulted. They are not going to actually state that so and so was > > > buried there, however. Since the church was located next door to the > > > cemetery, later closer to Route 30, and there was also a southern > > cemetery > > > for the use of the Low Dutch living in that area. If someone in this > > > community died between 1772 and say 1804 when the church was closed > > what > > > remained of the congregation scattered to other churches. Some of > > these > > > families were buried in the church cemetery. Burials did, as > > mentioned > > > take place after 1804, as not all families migrated to Kentucky or > > Ohio, > > > however, they were few. Burials in the early years seemed to be not > > in > > > family plots but when the person died, so you have the members of the > > > congregation mixed together. Initials and dates, if lucky, were > > > chiseled or > > > scratched into the stone but they were professionally done. That may > > have > > > been Mr. Byers job to do. He and his family also migrated down to > > Kentucky > > > in 1783 -1790. > > > At one time apparently there was a list of burials and a map showing > > their > > > location at Conewago which the caretaker in 1963 had in his > > possession. > > > Arther Weaner could never get him to show this map to him. He could > > point > > > out the location of who was buried where, but that document has > > > never been > > > made public, we know from the John Dorland Cremer book that 30 > > > to 40 burials > > > were in the Dorland cemetery with head and footstones. > > > The major concern is that throughout many counties and states because > > they > > > ancient Dutch burial grounds did not look like what people in the last > > > century felt cemeteries should look like, well then they were just a > > field > > > of rocks. This is probably been the largest cause of their > > > demise, farmers > > > plowed them under, developers built houses on them, that kind of > > thing. > > > Does any one else have a early Dutch family cemetery or know of a > > Dutch > > > Church cemetery in which the early burials were marked with field > > stones? > > > Judy Cassidy > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >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 > > > >------------------------------- >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