Bill, Most of the work I've done has been in the areas of Park Hall, Rohrersville and Eakles Mill. Boonsboro is further north and I don't have any "starting point" for plats in that area. The Tracey Maps are on line at several locations, the following probably the easiest to get to. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~midmdroots/county/index.htm#Top The Tracey Maps, once you learn to navigate the site, will show you approximate locations of the different tracts, something I believe you already know. Exact starting points are usually tough to find. If I remember correctly, the following book: Descendants of Daniel Wolfe 1732-1807 by Charles C. Wolf has a very detailed location for a lot purchased by a Frederick Wolf [1776-1853] in Boonsboro. That could give you your starting point. You may be able to find a copy of the book in some libraries. Another trick you might try is to trace the deed transfers into present day ownership and find the present days person's address. Best wishes, Jim -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Brantner Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery- Boonsboro plats Bill, I have not worked with the plat maps extensively but Jim Bartholomew on this list has done quite a bit of this type of work on his own and adjoining family parcels. He may able to help you. Sometimes it involves chaining the real estate back and putting smaller parcels back together to form larger ones. The land records are online. Incidentally, William's History of Washington County is online now. There is also a small History of Boonsboro around -I think written by a local historian. I don't know if it is online anywhere. Curtis Older's The Braddock Expedition and Fox's Gap in Maryland has maps in it and he does a good bit of map analysis - his research is cited for sources. I also recall that there is a map collection somewhere I think it is called the Tracey Collection - I think in Carroll County Historical Society. Maybe someone on the list can help with that information. Lauren Brantner --- On Tue, 8/16/11, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bill <[email protected]> > Subject: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery- Boonsboro plats > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 12:06 PM > Lauren, Washington Co. List > I was wondering if there is a MAP of Boonsboro showing the > land tracts > "Beals Chance" or "Fellowship" that Boonsboro was formed > from. > > I am platting deeds in and around the area and the location > of "Beals > Chance" within Boonsboro is critical to accurately placing > the plats. > > > Thanks for your time. > > Sincerely, Bill Good > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lauren Brantner > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery > > Williams' History of Wash Co Md says the church which was > called "Shank's > Church" dates to circa 1750 and that it was a log structure > that predated > the town of Boonsboro and was the forerunner of Trinity > Reformed in > Boonsboro. The first service in Trinity in Boonsboro > was in 1802. It is on > page 472 - also has some land transaction information. > There is a > description of an fence enclosed churchyard cemetery. > > Lauren Brantner > > --- On Sun, 8/14/11, Marilee Cunningham <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Marilee Cunningham <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunk Cemetery > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 7:19 PM > > More info on the cemetery can be > > found if you google WA-II-048 and > > WA-II-078, Maryland Historical Trust. Apparently, > the > > name is either > > Shunk's or Shank's and the cemetery was attached to > an > > early Reformed German > > church on the site. The WA-II-078 paper has photos > of > > the cemetery from > > 1974 when the Trust was working to name it as an > historical > > site. > > Marilee > > > > On 8/14/11 1:08 PM, "Marilee Cunningham" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > So interesting, Lauren, especially about the > different > > names for the cemetery. > > > The Boonsboro Museum had it listed as Lydia Shunk > from > > the History of > > > Boonesboro by John Bast. It did seem odd to me > > that it wouldn't have been > > > documented previously with all the great > genealogist > > around. > > > > > > I will take the suggestions (take photos, list > > whatever is legible, etc and > > > then can compare with what is in the Washington > County > > Cemetery records. I'll > > > also ask the owner of the farm what he knows > about it. > > Per find-a-grave, at > > > this point, wonder what the best name would be to > list > > it under - the name in > > > the Washington County Cemetery list would be the > most > > logical but b maybe let > > > me get back to you after I talk with folks > there. > > > > > > Thanks for all the info and advice - I will let > you > > all know what I come up > > > with. > > > > > > Marilee > > > > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> Message: 1 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:55:57 -0400 > > >> From: Tracy Mills <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> > > >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >> > > >> It would also be awesome, should you make a > list, > > to donate a copy to the > > >> cemetery project on rootsweb. > > >> > > >> Tracy > > >> > > >> On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:46 PM, [email protected] > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> If there are just the 50, you might get > > atleast one person to go with you > > >>> and record all of them that are > legible > > That way there is a record of > > >>> them. You could donate the list to the > Western > > Maryland Room at the library > > >>> or > > >>> the Historical Society. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> In a message dated 8/13/2011 9:00:36 > P.M. > > Central Daylight Time, > > >>> [email protected] > > writes: > > >>> > > >>> I found out recently from the > gentleman > > at the Boonsboro Museum that there > > >>> is an old cemetery, the Lydia Shunks > > Cemetery, outside of Boonsboro in a > > >>> field of a farm. I went there last > > week but it has electric fences around > > >>> because of the cows on the farm. I > spoke > > to the owner, who said he will > > >>> help me to get through the fences some > > evening. He said there are about 50 > > >>> old graves in it. I plan to go to see > it > > and hope there might be some of > > >>> my > > >>> ancestors there who I have not found to > > date (especially Anthony Baltzer, a > > >>> Revolutionary War veteran who died in > > 1842). I wondered if anyone else has > > >>> been there or knows anything about it > or > > would like me to look for anyone > > >>> when I visit it. > > >>> > > >>> Marilee Cunningham > > >> > > > ----------------------------- > > >> > > >> Message: 3 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:39:24 -0400 > > >> From: "Gordon Crooks" <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > > charset="iso-8859-1"; > > >> reply-type=original > > >> > > >> Marilee: Be sure to take a camera and record > the > > cemetery and try and get > > >> the names etc from the stones. There may abnd > may > > not be a record of these > > >> and its important to record them. I have > > personally done this many times. > > >> > > >> > > Gordon Crooks > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Marilee Cunningham" <[email protected]> > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:00 PM > > >> Subject: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks Cemetery > > >>> ------------------------------ > > >>> > > >>> Message: 3 > > >>> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:46:36 -0400 > (EDT) > > >>> From: [email protected] > > >>> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >>> To: [email protected] > > >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="US-ASCII" > > >>> > > >>> If there are just the 50, you might get > > atleast one person to go with you > > >>> and record all of them that are > legible > > That way there is a record of > > >>> them. You could donate the list to the > Western > > Maryland Room at the library > > >>> or > > >>> the Historical Society. > > > > > > > > >> ------------------------------ > > >> > > >> Message: 5 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:43:27 -0400 > > >> From: Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Message-ID: <CA6D574F.9871%[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > >> > > >> I agree, that would be wonderful. I am > > particularly interested in any > > >> Walkers who might be in that cemetery. Joan > > Majtenyi > > >> > > >> > > >> On 8/13/11 10:46 PM, "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> Message: 6 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:56:23 -0400 > > >> From: "J. Michael Hahn" <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >> > > >> Marilee, > > >> > > >> I checked findagrave.com the cemetery is not > > listed. I would like to add > > >> the information if you please. > > >> > > >> Mike > > >> --------------------------- > > >> > > >> Message: 7 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:31:36 -0700 (PDT) > > >> From: Lauren Brantner <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Message-ID: > > >> <[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > >> > > >> The cemetery was read by Samuel Webster > Piper > > before 1935-36 and is in Vol. > > >> II > > >> of Washington County Maryland Cemetery > Records by > > Morrow and Morrow. P. 91 > > >> SHANG Graveyard, Boonsboro, MD. First Church > > located here, Called Adam or > > >> George Kealhofer Farm. > > >> > > >> There is a Dorothea SCHUPP buried there in > 1805 as > > well as Peter, Sophia and > > >> Daniel SHANG. There are also SCHOUPE/SCHUP > > burials - no SHUNK in the > > >> listing. > > >> At that point in time, there were quite a > few > > graves with descriptions like: > > >> one grave plain stone, four graves plain > stones, 2 > > graves no markers or > > >> twelve > > >> graves plain markers. > > >> > > >> There isn't a Baltzer listed in volume 2. > You > > might ask the list for a lookup > > >> in the other 6 volumes (there are 7 total). > > >> > > >> It would be interesting to compare that list > with > > what you find today. The > > >> pictures are a great idea too. We have some > family > > stones that weathered away > > >> between the 1980's when photos were taken to > 2005 > > when I visited the > > >> graveyard > > >> at Trinity Reformed in Boonsboro. Some stones > just > > didn't weather very well. > > >> It is important to capture the photos and > make > > them available. > > >> > > >> Other names are Petre, Beeler, Weast, > Hofman, > > Evey, Schlecter, Spilmenin, > > >> Bomberger, Knochelsingibo, Abel, Nicodemus, > > Thomson, Stinger, Blecher, Wolf, > > >> Nikirk, Neukerch, Schindel, Stinger, Haynes, > Netz, > > Beard, Easterday and > > >> Dagenhart. Petre graves were moved to the > > Dunkard Church at Beaver Creek. > > >> > > >> Earliest burials in that list are > Knochelsingibos > > - Frederick died in 1788 > > >> and > > >> Elizabeth in 1779. > > >> > > >> Peter SHANG's stone is in German - June 4, > 1726 - > > 24 September 1801. > > >> I don't know if this church site was a > predeceser > > of the Trinity church in > > >> Boonsboro. I looked at it because I thought > my > > husband's ancestor Andreas > > >> Brandner might be buried there. I still can't > find > > his burial. > > >> > > >> Lauren Brantner > > >> > > >> > > >> --- On Sat, 8/13/11, Marilee Cunningham > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> Message: 8 > > >> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:46:24 -0400 > (GMT-04:00) > > >> From: Boni <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Lydia Shunks > Cemetery > > >> To: [email protected], > > [email protected] > > >> Message-ID: > > >> > <[email protected]ink.net> > > >> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > >> > > >> > > >> take pictures of each stone and all broken > > bits... > > >> > > >> check to see if the cemetery is listed in > any > > deed. > > >> boni > > >> www.nnygenealogy.com > > >> stories in stone. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN ********* ------------------------------- 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