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. >