I am new to this list. My name is Geana Knowlton-Conti. I am a direct descendant of Daniel Knowlton & Ruth Holdren-Knowlton, of Athens County, Ohio. As a child I use to play in a old cemetery near the town where I was raised (Albany, Ohio) I use to call it the Knowlton Grave Yard, because most of the grave stones were for Knowlton's. Recently one of my cousins found a head stone for Ruth Holdren-Knowlton. While cleaning up around the grave stone she found what she thought at first was a large rock. As she dug, she realized it was a head stone. After trying many different things, such as rubbings and such, we still could not make out what the stone said. The historical society suggested that we take shaving cream and layer it on thick across the front of the stone. Then take a flat edge ruler and scrape it away. The shaving cream showed up enough in the indentations that we were able to read the stone. Finally!!!! Daniel Knowlton's grave has been found. If anyon! e would like to go to this cemetery, please contact me. I live in Virginia now, but all of my family are still in Ohio and I go back often. There are several Knowltons buried there and you may find someone you have been trying to find. :) Geana Knowlton-Conti

This is wonderful Geana! marilyn in Ca. Appalachian Memories wrote: >I am new to this list. My name is Geana Knowlton-Conti. I am a direct descendant of Daniel Knowlton & Ruth Holdren-Knowlton, of Athens County, Ohio. As a child I use to play in a old cemetery near the town where I was raised (Albany, Ohio) I use to call it the Knowlton Grave Yard, because most of the grave stones were for Knowlton's. Recently one of my cousins found a head stone for Ruth Holdren-Knowlton. While cleaning up around the grave stone she found what she thought at first was a large rock. As she dug, she realized it was a head stone. After trying many different things, such as rubbings and such, we still could not make out what the stone said. The historical society suggested that we take shaving cream and layer it on thick across the front of the stone. Then take a flat edge ruler and scrape it away. The shaving cream showed up enough in the indentations that we were able to read the stone. Finally!!!! Daniel Knowlton's grave has been found. If anyo! n! >e would like to go to this cemetery, please contact me. I live in Virginia now, but all of my family are still in Ohio and I go back often. There are several Knowltons buried there and you may find someone you have been trying to find. :) > >Geana Knowlton-Conti > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >