Sure it does. ;) Try http://raub-and-more.com/jiblaircem.html Jan Reuther > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > From: oshaunessys@msn.com > Date: Thu, October 19, 2006 11:26 pm > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > > Her site doesn't show Gravel Hill... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Rhodes<mailto:brianrhodes1956@yahoo.com> > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com<mailto:njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > > > Go to: www.raub-and-more.com/warrencemeteries/warrencemlist.html<http://www.raub-and-more.com/warrencemeteries/warrencemlist.html> > > > > > "deblack@juno.com<mailto:deblack@juno.com>" <deblack@juno.com<mailto:deblack@juno.com>> wrote: > we do not have a fax machine anymore - can you send as email > attachment? > thank you - DeAnne > > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > Fax number ?? > > "deblack@juno.com<mailto:deblack@juno.com>" wrote: hello Brian, > > What a great thing to do - > I wish a list of the folks buried in these cemeteries - > > thank you very much - > DeAnne > > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > Blairstown Historic Preservation has worked on the Gravel Hill > Cemetery since 2001. Most of the work was done between 2002 - 2005. It > has been a "GROUP" effort among preservation members and outside > volunteers. Men - women - and yes, sometimes children. This hands-on > group was never afraid to get dirty, and boy do I mean filthy dirty! > Unfortunately my job (and personal life) restrictions has caused me to > become very in-active with this fine group of committe-appointed (un- > paid) volunteers. But if anyone desires a printed list of burials from > Gravel Hill Cemetery (est-1769) and/or Blairstown Union Brick > Cemetery, they can email me at the following address: > northwarrenphotography@yahoo.com<mailto:northwarrenphotography@yahoo.com> If you do find you have a distant > relative buried at either location, why not send a small donation to > the commission to help with the upkeep and/or repairs that are > constantly needed? You can contact the chairperson at > historicpres@blairstown-nj.org<mailto:historicpres@blairstown-nj.org>. Helen Parisi. > > To All: > Brian Rhodes is the person to contact. He took a forgotten , > overgrown, weed infested eyesore and turned it into the pride of > Blairstown and Blair Academy. The old gravel hill cemetery looked like > an impossible task, but Brian did it with very little help from the > rest of us.The "missing" headstones had fallen over and were buried by > dirt and leaves.It took probing and careful digging to unearth the 100 > or so stones that Brian uprighted and repaired. There are still more > under the earth ,but one person cannot do it all . > Margaret Thomas > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > A good contact would be: blairstownhistory@earthlink.net<mailto:blairstownhistory@earthlink.net> > I have been restoring local cemeteries in Blaistown, N.J. since 2001. > It's tough work probing, re-pointing, setting-up, re-pinning, gluing, > cementing, making new bases, etc. > Read Family Connections (google it) has some photographs of the on- > going work being done. Big problem = FUNDING. It's not hard to get > volunteers (sometimes) but the hard part is always money-money-money! > It's also very heavy demanding work. Everyone involved must care - > especially the relatives of the deceased! > > Brian Rhodes > > jan@raub-and-more.com<mailto:jan@raub-and-more.com> wrote: > Wendy, > > Cemeteries have been vandalized for years. Headstones also break due to > age and weather conditions. A cousin's stone was one of those flat ones > on the ground...we knew where it should be, so his cousin stuck a > pencil > into the ground and found it! Lots and lots of reasons for headstones > to disappear. > > One cousin told me the story of a neighbor kid who found an old family > cemetery when his family moved to a farm. With all good intentions, he > took the headstones to make a walk to the front door for his mother! > > Jan > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > > From: "Wendy Watkins" > > Date: Sun, October 15, 2006 8:14 pm > > To: > > > > Hi All, > > I was just wondering if anyone knew of or had experience where they > went to > > a cemetery and found a headstone missing of a relative and if so > what could > > be the reason for the removal. How should I go about finding out this > > information. Thanks so much! > > > > With Warm Regards, > > Wendy > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com<mailto:request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com<mailto:request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in this world! > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. 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Absolutely - the old 1822 records indicate the REAL NAME of this graveyard is Gravel Hill. Blairstown was named Gravel Hill around this time from aprox. 1822-1839. The property is next to Blair Academy but not owned by Blair Academy. John Insley Blair donated the land to the First Pres. Church on Main Street to be used as a burial ground since the church had very little land surrounding it. J.I. Blair, Vails, etc. are burried in his private family plot behind the old stone wall which he had erected. The oldest marker in the cemetery is that of Benjamin Smith (Smyth) who died in 1769. At that time Blairstown was named for him. It was called Smith's Mills since Smith owned a grist mill and a saw mill very close to where the present day mill owned by Blair Academy still stands along Main Street. The old cemetery is just up the hill and just west of that old mill. It is a restoration still on-going today. Brian Rhodes jan@raub-and-more.com wrote: Sure it does. ;) Try http://raub-and-more.com/jiblaircem.html Jan Reuther > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > From: oshaunessys@msn.com > Date: Thu, October 19, 2006 11:26 pm > To: > > Her site doesn't show Gravel Hill... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Rhodes > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > > > Go to: www.raub-and-more.com/warrencemeteries/warrencemlist.html > > > > > "deblack@juno.com" > wrote: > we do not have a fax machine anymore - can you send as email > attachment? > thank you - DeAnne > > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > Fax number ?? > > "deblack@juno.com" wrote: hello Brian, > > What a great thing to do - > I wish a list of the folks buried in these cemeteries - > > thank you very much - > DeAnne > > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > Blairstown Historic Preservation has worked on the Gravel Hill > Cemetery since 2001. Most of the work was done between 2002 - 2005. It > has been a "GROUP" effort among preservation members and outside > volunteers. Men - women - and yes, sometimes children. This hands-on > group was never afraid to get dirty, and boy do I mean filthy dirty! > Unfortunately my job (and personal life) restrictions has caused me to > become very in-active with this fine group of committe-appointed (un- > paid) volunteers. But if anyone desires a printed list of burials from > Gravel Hill Cemetery (est-1769) and/or Blairstown Union Brick > Cemetery, they can email me at the following address: > northwarrenphotography@yahoo.com If you do find you have a distant > relative buried at either location, why not send a small donation to > the commission to help with the upkeep and/or repairs that are > constantly needed? You can contact the chairperson at > historicpres@blairstown-nj.org. Helen Parisi. > > To All: > Brian Rhodes is the person to contact. He took a forgotten , > overgrown, weed infested eyesore and turned it into the pride of > Blairstown and Blair Academy. The old gravel hill cemetery looked like > an impossible task, but Brian did it with very little help from the > rest of us.The "missing" headstones had fallen over and were buried by > dirt and leaves.It took probing and careful digging to unearth the 100 > or so stones that Brian uprighted and repaired. There are still more > under the earth ,but one person cannot do it all . > Margaret Thomas > > -- Brian Rhodes > wrote: > A good contact would be: blairstownhistory@earthlink.net > I have been restoring local cemeteries in Blaistown, N.J. since 2001. > It's tough work probing, re-pointing, setting-up, re-pinning, gluing, > cementing, making new bases, etc. > Read Family Connections (google it) has some photographs of the on- > going work being done. Big problem = FUNDING. It's not hard to get > volunteers (sometimes) but the hard part is always money-money-money! > It's also very heavy demanding work. Everyone involved must care - > especially the relatives of the deceased! > > Brian Rhodes > > jan@raub-and-more.com wrote: > Wendy, > > Cemeteries have been vandalized for years. Headstones also break due to > age and weather conditions. A cousin's stone was one of those flat ones > on the ground...we knew where it should be, so his cousin stuck a > pencil > into the ground and found it! Lots and lots of reasons for headstones > to disappear. > > One cousin told me the story of a neighbor kid who found an old family > cemetery when his family moved to a farm. With all good intentions, he > took the headstones to make a walk to the front door for his mother! > > Jan > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [NJWARREN] Missing Headstone > > From: "Wendy Watkins" > > Date: Sun, October 15, 2006 8:14 pm > > To: > > > > Hi All, > > I was just wondering if anyone knew of or had experience where they > went to > > a cemetery and found a headstone missing of a relative and if so > what could > > be the reason for the removal. How should I go about finding out this > > information. Thanks so much! > > > > With Warm Regards, > > Wendy > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in this world! > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ > countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in this world! > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in this world! > > --------------------------------- > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! 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Check it out. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in this world! --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.