Hi, Is there a date set for the mapping? I would be interested in going. Thank you for your continued efforts and the valuable information you pass on. Kathy Sent from my iPad > On Sep 28, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Christopher Philippo via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I took over 300 photos in the southeast corner of St Patrick’s Cemetery in Watervliet today. Some are of stones I’d already added to findagrave in the past, or that others added, but I’m in the process of adding a number of ones that aren’t there: > > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1&GScid=66144&df=1& > > There’s many stones that are so dirty they can’t be read, or which are partially buried, or are inscription-side down and too large to move. I’m sure there’s many that are completely buried. > > There’s a number of stones for people from Ireland that indicate their county and parish. There’s also some later burials of Italians and Polish. I wonder if Italian-American and Polish-American groups in the area might have any info about people buried there, or if they might be willing to help with transcription and mapping? There’s also a good many veterans’ headstones in the old section, but many of those are among those that are too dirty to read or are partially buried. > > There’s a new sign for the cemetery near the entrance, alongside all the signs that were already there. It could be more useful if it were nearer the Troy Schenectady Road. With there being no fence and gateway, the entrance is a little hard to spot from the road while approaching it until right at it. > > There seems to have been recent bulldozing in the back of the cemetery in one of the undeveloped portions, possibly with dirt having been trucked in, and large chunks of cement. The size of the bulldozed area and the amount of dirt seems larger than when I last visited earlier this month. Hopefully they’re being careful because there are some headstones in the woods. > > Chris > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message