http://www.historiclewes.org/research/cemeteries2008.pdf http://www.historiclewes.org/research/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoAnn Glenn-Lewin" <jglennlewin@hotmail.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:21 PM Subject: [LDR] pre-1950 Lewes Tombstone project > > > I don't know anymore about this topic than was in the newspaper, but I > have learned so much about lower Delamrva while "lurking" here on the list > most of the time, I thought I should share this in case some of you hadn't > seen it or didn't already know about it, especially those who aren't > local. > > There's a Crossroads section of the News Journal that gets delivered on > Thursdays in the mail, and it had an article this week about a tombstone > survey project happening in Lewes. They are plotting, taking pictures, > GPS locations etc. Says they have catologued nearly 7,000 stones, 5,500 > names, 30 cemeteries and 10 family plots. Some of the information is in > an online database at www.historiclewes.org according to the article. > > Says the cemeteries currently in the online are > > Ancient Burying Ground > > Bethel Methodist Church > > Burton Family Cemetery > > Dewey Beach Black Cemetery > > Ebenezer Methodist Church (Savannah Road) > > Israel United Methodist > > Lewes Presbyterian Church > > Marsh Family Cemetery > > Paynter Family Cemetery > > People's Memorial Cemetery > > Rehoboth Presbyterian Church at Midway (Midway Presbyterian) > > St. George's AME > > St. Peter's Episcopal Church > > Wiltbank Family Cemetery > > Happy Hunting! > > > JoAnn > > > Researching: Glenn, Grace, Jones, West, Grimstone, Burgien, Harry, > Baldwin, Milhous, Nearey, McLaughlin, Douge > > > > "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but > what is woven into the lives of others." -Pericles > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message