Nel: Another example of cemetery confusion: My paternal grandmother's family is buried in a family graveyard on the THOMPSON family homestead. This THOMPSON Family Cemetery contains burials from 1912 to 1988, and is referred to by that name in all legal documents, courthouse records, etc. during that time period. An older section of the same cemetery contains burials from 1834 to 1892, during which time the cemetery was called the BRUMMAL-PENICK Cemetery, and legal documents, etc., during that time period referred to it by that name. Yet another, still older, section, contains a number of unmarked graves plus two legible tombstones, with dates from 1828 to 1865, and the graveyard was called the MOTLEY Family Graveyard during those years and in documents of that time period. I was well along into my research before I did a reading of the cemetery, took photos, and put the puzzle pieces together. The name of the same cemetery had simply changed according to the ownership of the land at the time and the surnames of family members being buried in it at that time. Martha Penick LAMKIN, Louisville, KY ----- Original Message ----- From: "nelhatch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [HATCHER] cemeteries > > HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com > HALL DNA project: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a > brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld > > Debbie, > > Sometimes you can resolve this issue using USGS. They have many historical > names and/or alternate names listed. I've found a number of creeks by > searching for the name in that very old deed and finding alternate names, > including the current name. Doesn't work all the time but always worth a > try. > > And many times you may not find the cemetery listed but will find the > [historical] church of the same name. > > I have sometimes run into problems when people give me the name of a > cemetery that can't be found on fag but on USGS, up pops the church. > Further digging discovers that this "church" cemetery had been turned over > to the city/town and now has a new name. I'm now trying hard to include > aka names on our files. > > Gets confuzin' sometimes :-) > > Nel > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: 10/23/09 14:09:00

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Martha, Just for giggles, where is your Thompson-Brummal-Pennick-Motley cemetery lodated? County-state? It will be interesting to see what pops up on USGS...... Nel