This is wonderful! Thank you all for your efforts and hard work. Regards, Joan In a message dated 1/8/2006 7:12:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Happy New Year All, Just to eliminate any confusion the article was good in pointing out what Bill and Dick are doing but it is filled with historical inaccuracies. A neighbor told me yesterday that my name was in the paper so I decided to take a look. After I read the article I called Kay Rudderow at home thanking her for bringing attention to a neglected area but asked her if she wanted to be historically accurate. She assured me she did and so we will be doing an article in the next few weeks about the history of the Christ Church Cemetery (old Fairfield Church cemetery and a few other names.) I was also at the Historical Society this afternoon to get some info for her and was met immediately by Jonathan Wood who said how glad he was to see me today :) In a brief summary 1. There are two cemeteries on Back Neck Rd. The front cemetery is the Swing Methodist cemetery and the back is the Christ Church cemetery. 2. The first Congregationalist church (later Presbyterian) was established by settlers from Fairfield, CT about 1690-1697. My wife's ancestor John Ogden was a founder which is why I started cleaning it up last summer. Bill and Dick have been doing a great job in the Swing Methodist Cemetery and have now expanded their operation. 3. The Methodist movement in this area started in 1790-91 at Michael Swing's farm adjacent to the original Christ Church and it's graveyard. They eventually in the early 1800's built a Church on the opposite corner but by that time the Presbyterians were meeting at the Old Stone Church about a mile away. 4. No people were brought from Greenwich to be buried in Fairfield. Fairfield was the originating church for Greenwich (abt 1728 (by memory)) and Deerfield Church. Greenwich has it's own historical cemetery. 5. The West Jersey Presbytery does own the oldest cemetery. I am not sure but I think the Methodist was owned by a cemetery group which may not still exist. 6. Yes I did have the idea of recording data from the cemetery (I got the idea when I attended a Fife (Scotland) Family History Society meeting in Scotland in April and heard of the project being done by archeology students and professors from St Andrews University) BUT this project has now been adopted by (my) Fairfield Presbyterian Church in Fairton for the belated anniversary of the founding. I have already flagged all the markers but may do some shallow probing to see if any are buried. We will have a surveyor do a site plan; document all stones (88 including head and foot); do rubbings of all headstones; photograph all stones where they lay; repair and reset stones; and provide all this information to whoever has an interest. 7. Bill Morrison has talked the Township into keeping the perimeter clear. I am unsure how we will do between the stones. I may continue or the church may assist as well as Bill and Dick. They have already cleared further back along the property lines than I did. I think of this as a project in process. We will be trying to do a lot before the poison ivy starts to grow. Bill McLean, Fairton, Cumberland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: andrea batcho [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Swing Cemetery article in Bridgeton News 1/7/2006 One of my genealogy buddies pointed this out to me. You can read the entire article at www.nj.com and click on Bridgeton News. -andrea Two local residents clean up forgotten cemetery Saturday, January 07, 2006 ____________________ ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! for your wonderful gift of time, labor and kindness. God Bless you all, Shirley