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. ( >> http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) >> Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page >> for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > >

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. ( >>> http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) >>> Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ >>> page >>> for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page > for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >