Strangely enough there's an old g/yard near there that has been completely overgrown for well over 50 years, was in it a few weeks ago as it is being cleared. All the gravestones there are very old and mostly in excellent condition as they were covered in leaves etc, some covered by maybe 6 inches of debris which preserved them, some completely encased in very thick Ivy that certainly haven't seen the light of day for a very very long time... Maybe someone might photograph them sometime as those stones would be very interesting and it is on what was the main road to Lisnaskea at one time... now it is a very narrow country road. I was going to do them but my camera is shot. DH On 12/05/2015 16:12, Kathleen Baxter wrote: > Though I had two years of high school Latin, I am not sure what the > Latin for Kathleen would be. I cannot compete in your league. > > My Baxter ancestors (yeah, I married a Harrison but did not change my > name...) were Catholic from County Fermanagh, and I know less about > them than any of my other ancestors and I say there ain't no justice. > Drumliff, Lisnaskea. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

Dave, These hidden graveyards are a goldmine, and it's amazing how the overgrowth and topsoil covering preserve the buried stones brilliantly. When we finally found my g-grandparents gravestone in South Brisbane cemetery we were stunned at the absolute clarity of the carved inscription despite being over 140 years of age and weathering tropical storms etc over all that time. Then were told that the Friends of the Cemetery found the large ornate stone had fallen on its face many decades ago and became covered with grass and soil, they didn't know a tombstone was there initially, they were merely cleaning up the overgrowth. They kindly stood it upright in its base slot just a year before we searched for it. It has not even a crack nor chip despite being a large slab with an ornate cross on top, and every letter in the many lines of script is easily read. Only discolouration of parts of the face show where it rested in the damp leaf litter all those years. The "Friends" secretary, Roma, mentioned they were writing a book about the cemetery which they hope to publish and sell for funds to continue their work, so I spent several weeks writing a document, formatted as one entire chapter, on all our family burials in this cemetery, plot numbers, tombstones, and a short biography of each person and their relationship to each other - all immediate descendants of Felix and Mary Dolan nee Snow from Fermanagh, spouses and children etc. It is to be hoped that some kind soul will photograph the graveyard near you in the near future whilst the stones are still legible - another old Irish 'goldmine' crying out to be recorded! Kindly, Dee. -----Original Message----- From: fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dave H via Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2015 3:30 AM To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Fwd: Re: Google in differerent countries Strangely enough there's an old g/yard near there that has been completely overgrown for well over 50 years, was in it a few weeks ago as it is being cleared. All the gravestones there are very old and mostly in excellent condition as they were covered in leaves etc, some covered by maybe 6 inches of debris which preserved them, some completely encased in very thick Ivy that certainly haven't seen the light of day for a very very long time... Maybe someone might photograph them sometime as those stones would be very interesting and it is on what was the main road to Lisnaskea at one time... now it is a very narrow country road. I was going to do them but my camera is shot. DH On 12/05/2015 16:12, Kathleen Baxter wrote: > Though I had two years of high school Latin, I am not sure what the > Latin for Kathleen would be. I cannot compete in your league. > > My Baxter ancestors (yeah, I married a Harrison but did not change my > name...) were Catholic from County Fermanagh, and I know less about > them than any of my other ancestors and I say there ain't no justice. > Drumliff, Lisnaskea. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ================================== https://www.google.ie/ ================================== http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message