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    1. [NS-L] Leaving Notes on Gravestones
    2. Betty
    3. Hello, Just a quick note that we found one of my father's cousins in a similar way. My sister likes to visit cemeteries, and especially the site where our parents are buried. A couple of years ago she kept noticing that someone else was leaving flowers beside the stone. She got very curious and decided to leave a note on the stone. A few days later she got a phone call. It was a cousin of our father. We already knew that this gravesite initially belonged to our great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary (CORKILL) LEWIS * and that one of her daughters was also buried there. It turned out that the lady who called was that daughters' daughter ! And, it turned out she only lived a few miles from me. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. As I've mentioned before, "Stanley" LEWIS and Mary CORKILL were "British Home Children" who arrived in Halifax ~1874. They married in Truro in 1879, and migrated to Boston, MA, in 1881. They settled in Stoneham, MA, and had 13 children ! Unfortunately for their descendants, this was not the closest of families, and I only have a little information on the spouses of the children and even less about their children. However, I have found 2 "distant cousins" on-line. -- I sure wish more "cousins" would visit that gravesite in Stoneham, MA -- and leave some "family history" for me ! :o) New List created on Feb. 1: CAN-USA-MIGRATION For Genealogy researchers, please remember to check the archives of the Lists & Boards for both your surnames and place-names.

    07/28/2007 02:20:20