Good point. However, in our case, the ashes were scattered on beachfront property that was a summer house; the stained glass was at the family church in the "year-round" town, much more inland, so hurricanes are not really an issue. Of course, a stained glass window like that is only an obvious clue to the fact that the church's records probably also contain all that information as well (in my case they do, since my family has attended that church for generations). If you happen to know where your ancestors worshipped, church registers can also be a very valuable source of birth/marriage/death information. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Everett Blevins" <blevins@alumni.cofc.edu> To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Use of Tombstone Photos to Prove Ancestry? Alice, here it is blevins@alumni.cofc.edu 110 Evergreen Way Villa Rica, Georgia 30180. As for stained glass at a church on the beach, Document it elsewhere if its a hurricane prone area. Photographs to some historical societies or libraries or in with genealogical proofs. I have an ancestor memorialized under a window in a church in Charleston where he preached for years. Linda, I found a pretty good genealogy on line of the Kingsburys and I have a printout here.I think it had some proofs listed in it as well. By fluke I found a Kingsbury genealogy in the Carrollton libray in Carroll County, Georgia where a branch of that family which would be possiby distant cousins to me settled. Let me know if you need a look up as I go near there reguarly. Ernie On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM, A.lice Williams <aliceholt6@comcast.net> wrote: > Do you have email address for Blevins? I have Soule ancestry I want to > check with him. Thanks Alice H. Williams > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Smith" <smit8698@bellsouth.net> > To: <mayflower@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:47 PM > Subject: Re: [MFLR] Use of Tombstone Photos to Prove Ancestry? > > > > My 3great grandmother's tombstone reads: > > > > Sarah Bemis > > wife of > > John Kingsbury > > born in Spencer, Mass > > March 24, 1803 > > DIED > > Dec 5, 1880 > > > > Thus I was able to match the birthdate on the gravestone to the VR of > > Spencer MA and determine that she was the daughter of Amasa Bemis and > > Nancy Dunbar. A little further research led to the discovery that Nancy > > Dunbar was a Richard Warren Descendant, which at the time was a total > > surprise to me. > > > > Just a suggestion: Don't forget to check and see if there are any > > cemetery records around, once you find the gravestone. Sarah was buried > > in Elmira NY at Woodlawn, and they have an OLD ledger with all the > > burials in it at a nearby library. That book has a listing next to the > > names for parents. Sure enough, hers were listed as Amasa and Nancy > > Bemis. > > > > Ernest Everett Blevins wrote: > >> Sometimes they are the only proof. I have used them for proofs in many > >> organizations but usually they are frosting on the cake and submitted > >> to > >> add > >> to the proof and have the information stored somewhere. I've also been > >> accused in documentation that I over document typically using multiple > >> sources for my proofs. > >> > >> Annie Grey Soule, my great grandmother, acutally has on her stone "9th > in > >> decent from pilgram George Soule." She is burried in C harleston, > >> South > >> Carolina. > >> Ernie > >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:17 PM, <Scrapcat2@aol.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Does the Mayflower Society Historians permit the use of tombstone > photos > >>> to > >>> show birth/death dates of Mayflower descendants in the application > form? > >>> Or > >>> are birth certificates the only acceptable form of "proof". > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> Carol from Arizona > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > >>> fuel-efficient used cars. 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