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. >> >