For anyone interested, this book is for sale on ebay for Buy It Now price of $29.99. I have no interest in this sale, just happened across it and thought someone on this list might be interested. Best regards, Rosemary Roberts Here's the link: http://classic.auctiva.com/track.aspx?sellerUrl=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D250001860862%26SegalID%3D250001860862&said=1479&ps=20&cid=0&loc=4

Am seeking information on a woman named Jane McDonald. I believe she was the daughter of John and Christian McDonald. She first married a Post, by whom she had a son, Robert. Her second husband was Barber Stafford, by whom she had a son, also known as Barber. She's buried in Bovina. She was born probably around 1800 and died between 1860 and 1870. I'm also trying to track down her brother, Cornelius, who I think was born around 1795 and may have died in Roxbury around 1863. In the interest of full disclosure, my interest in this brother and sister is because they figure in what probably was the first ever murder case in the Town of Bovina. Cornelius and Jane were charged in April 1821 with the murder of their father, John McDonald, who died in 1818 (before the creation of Bovina in 1820). They accused each other of the murder, with Cornelius specifically testifying that he saw his sister commit the deed. Jane was released in July when Cornelius admitted that he lied when he said she killed their father. There was not enough evidence to convict Cornelius of murder but he did go to prison for 3 years for lying about his sister's role in the death of their father. The case made newspapers in several states, including Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, as well as some papers in New York. Thanks. Ray LaFever

William, who married Sophia Gibson must have been born about 1850,. I know my grandfather, John W. Gibson spoke of him often and my dad called him Uncle Billy. I believe he had a store in Oneonta. Catherine Gibson Havemeier

Shirley, Curious about your Rachel Williams. I have Williams from Otego & Sidney. I have John W. Williams b. abt 1741 d. 1 jan 1840 who married Penelope Philips b. 1767 d. 12 Mar 1820. I don't know who John's parents were or if he had any siblings. Do you know anything further about your Rachel? Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Shirley Becker Date: 5/6/2007 1:27:35 PM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDELAWA] glenwood cemetery Thank you Sandy I got an unexpected bonus from this! Questions! To Max Orilla (Wilson) Wright married to William Wright is my gggrandmother, according to the bible pages I have she was born 1808. I have absolutely no information on William except his name on Alpheus's death certificate. They were living in Sidney from about 1825 onwards, but I can't find them in the census. When I finally find the family it is in 1850 and there is no mention of William. The children that I know for sure Johnson b 1828 m Sarah Arnold Mary Henry Alpheus b 1844 My ggrandfather m Maria Graves There may have been a William born either before Johnson in 1826 or in 1831as Orilla is listed as having 6 children in the census. I have not been able to find another child yet. To Catherine Your Sophia married one of the younger William's,Depending on his birthdate I may have his line for you. to everyone Here is the puzzle Alpheus Wright b ca 1770 m Rachel Williams Had children Johnson b 1792 m Mary Bliss Henry Polly m Henry Bliss Alpheus m Phebe They lived in and around Unadilla and some are buried in St Matthews in Unadilla. Now William m Orilla abt 1825 They had : Johnson b 1828 m Sarah Arnold Henry Mary Alpheus 1844 m Maria Graves They lived in Sidney about two miles from Unadilla. Shirley BeckerCan anyone help me find a connection? To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Sandy I got an unexpected bonus from this! Questions! To Max Orilla (Wilson) Wright married to William Wright is my gggrandmother, according to the bible pages I have she was born 1808. I have absolutely no information on William except his name on Alpheus's death certificate. They were living in Sidney from about 1825 onwards, but I can't find them in the census. When I finally find the family it is in 1850 and there is no mention of William. The children that I know for sure Johnson b 1828 m Sarah Arnold Mary Henry Alpheus b 1844 My ggrandfather m Maria Graves There may have been a William born either before Johnson in 1826 or in 1831as Orilla is listed as having 6 children in the census. I have not been able to find another child yet. To Catherine Your Sophia married one of the younger William's,Depending on his birthdate I may have his line for you. to everyone Here is the puzzle Alpheus Wright b ca 1770 m Rachel Williams Had children Johnson b 1792 m Mary Bliss Henry Polly m Henry Bliss Alpheus m Phebe They lived in and around Unadilla and some are buried in St Matthews in Unadilla. Now William m Orilla abt 1825 They had : Johnson b 1828 m Sarah Arnold Henry Mary Alpheus 1844 m Maria Graves They lived in Sidney about two miles from Unadilla. Shirley BeckerCan anyone help me find a connection?

Shirley, I just found your information online and see William Wright and Orilla Wilson. More importantly, I noticed that you also have a Sweet connection. I have many Wright-Sweet marriages in my tree, so we should trade some information. Max Max.ward@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Havemeier Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 3:30 PM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Glenwood Cemetery-WRIGHT Hi, My grandfather's sister. Sophia Gibson, b. 1850, daughter of William and Isabella, married William Wright. They lived in Oneonta. Catherine Gibson Havemeier >From: Sandy Goodspeed <Goodspsm@oneonta.edu> >Reply-To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com >To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com, Shirley Becker <skncr@cox.net> >Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Glenwood Cemetery-WRIGHT >Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:20:28 -0400 > >Hi Shirley, > Found them!. Glenwood Cem Section 5 lot 16 >Alvin was owner of graves for himself and Maria; Alvin was owner of >graves for himself & Nellie. > WRIGHT mon >Wright, Alpheus (Alpheus W) July 8, 1844-blank front d >12/17/191o@66 (died Unadilla) >Wright, (Maria GRAVES hw) Nov 5, 1849-June 18,1901 front > @62 (died Oneonta) > footstone beside mon Mother > >Wright, Alvin W d 5/2736 d 70,-,14 No stone found >Wright, Nellie (Mrs. Alvin) d 12/11/12 @25 No stone found >(died Binghamton) > > Sandy > >Shirley Becker wrote: > > > Hi Sandy > > I hope the dowsing technique works for you. > > I know you found my grandparents and their burial place for me, but I > > forgot to ask if there were any other Wrights buried in Glenwood. > > Mine are Alpheus. Maria, Alvin and Nellie. They have the one > > monument that says Wright. Maybe I can find a clue as to my ancestry > > with other Wrights. Perhaps you should put it on the list for all to > > read. > > Shirley Becker > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, My grandfather's sister. Sophia Gibson, b. 1850, daughter of William and Isabella, married William Wright. They lived in Oneonta. Catherine Gibson Havemeier >From: Sandy Goodspeed <Goodspsm@oneonta.edu> >Reply-To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com >To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com, Shirley Becker <skncr@cox.net> >Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Glenwood Cemetery-WRIGHT >Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:20:28 -0400 > >Hi Shirley, > Found them!. Glenwood Cem Section 5 lot 16 >Alvin was owner of graves for himself and Maria; Alvin was owner of >graves for himself & Nellie. > WRIGHT mon >Wright, Alpheus (Alpheus W) July 8, 1844-blank front d >12/17/191o@66 (died Unadilla) >Wright, (Maria GRAVES hw) Nov 5, 1849-June 18,1901 front > @62 (died Oneonta) > footstone beside mon Mother > >Wright, Alvin W d 5/2736 d 70,-,14 No stone found >Wright, Nellie (Mrs. Alvin) d 12/11/12 @25 No stone found >(died Binghamton) > > Sandy > >Shirley Becker wrote: > > > Hi Sandy > > I hope the dowsing technique works for you. > > I know you found my grandparents and their burial place for me, but I > > forgot to ask if there were any other Wrights buried in Glenwood. > > Mine are Alpheus. Maria, Alvin and Nellie. They have the one > > monument that says Wright. Maybe I can find a clue as to my ancestry > > with other Wrights. Perhaps you should put it on the list for all to > > read. > > Shirley Becker > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You've definitely piqued my interest - I'm always looking for Wrights in the area. In the 1850 census for Sidney it looks like Orilla, born 1806, Is Alpheus' mother but I assume that head of household Johnson Wright, born about 1829 is another of Orilla's sons? Do you have any more information about Orilla (birthplace, etc) or who her husband may have been? Max -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Goodspeed Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 2:20 PM To: NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com; Shirley Becker Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Glenwood Cemetery-WRIGHT Hi Shirley, Found them!. Glenwood Cem Section 5 lot 16 Alvin was owner of graves for himself and Maria; Alvin was owner of graves for himself & Nellie. WRIGHT mon Wright, Alpheus (Alpheus W) July 8, 1844-blank front d 12/17/191o@66 (died Unadilla) Wright, (Maria GRAVES hw) Nov 5, 1849-June 18,1901 front @62 (died Oneonta) footstone beside mon Mother Wright, Alvin W d 5/2736 d 70,-,14 No stone found Wright, Nellie (Mrs. Alvin) d 12/11/12 @25 No stone found (died Binghamton) Sandy Shirley Becker wrote: > Hi Sandy > I hope the dowsing technique works for you. > I know you found my grandparents and their burial place for me, but I > forgot to ask if there were any other Wrights buried in Glenwood. > Mine are Alpheus. Maria, Alvin and Nellie. They have the one > monument that says Wright. Maybe I can find a clue as to my ancestry > with other Wrights. Perhaps you should put it on the list for all to > read. > Shirley Becker To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Shirley, Found them!. Glenwood Cem Section 5 lot 16 Alvin was owner of graves for himself and Maria; Alvin was owner of graves for himself & Nellie. WRIGHT mon Wright, Alpheus (Alpheus W) July 8, 1844-blank front d 12/17/191o@66 (died Unadilla) Wright, (Maria GRAVES hw) Nov 5, 1849-June 18,1901 front @62 (died Oneonta) footstone beside mon Mother Wright, Alvin W d 5/2736 d 70,-,14 No stone found Wright, Nellie (Mrs. Alvin) d 12/11/12 @25 No stone found (died Binghamton) Sandy Shirley Becker wrote: > Hi Sandy > I hope the dowsing technique works for you. > I know you found my grandparents and their burial place for me, but I > forgot to ask if there were any other Wrights buried in Glenwood. > Mine are Alpheus. Maria, Alvin and Nellie. They have the one > monument that says Wright. Maybe I can find a clue as to my ancestry > with other Wrights. Perhaps you should put it on the list for all to > read. > Shirley Becker

Hi Harriett, Will send 3 separate emails: 1) Oneonta Plains Cemetery; 2) Glenwood Cemetery; 3) Riverside Cemeteries all in Oneonta and on the 3rd I will also send from Deaths Reported by Oneonta City Clerk to The Herald and Rev. Pendleton's Register (Free Will Baptist). I've compiled all the records in the cemeteries and read all the stones. Oneonta Plains Cem (NF=stone not found; fs=footstone; dates in ( ) are usually burial dates) When name is in ( ) it means that that was the exact wording on the stone/monument. For example most time they listed the wife under her maiden name; I added her married name for sorting purposes. Lot 987 owner Laura M Rockefellow ROCKEFELLER (name) monment Rockefeller, Helen F. SHAW (Mrs) 1891-1968 (4/6) Rockefeller, George M 1894-1959 Rockefeller, Jefferson 1862-1929 Rockefellow, Laura May (bk); stone Rockefeller) d 1952 Aug 19 NF Rockefeller, Laura May SEE Rockefellow, Laura May Bolles, (Gerald R. Son) (bk also 1018; listed both lots) 1922-blank (bur 5/21/2003 list) Bolles, (Marjorie E. Mother) (old 1018)(bk also 1018; listed both lots) 1885-1969 Bouton, (Zadie BOLLES hw)-Anson S (& on #1018) cd #1018 (listed both lots) 1883-1959 Bouton, (Anson S) (& on #1018) cd #1018 (bk also 1018) (listed both lots) 1877-1953 (Zadie and Anson are also listed as buried in #1018...same dates. They are first two burials ) listed on #987 Lot 1018 owner Mr & Mrs Chas Thorpe Bolles, (Gerald R. Son) bk also 987;listed both lots) 1922-blank (bur 5/21/2003 list) Bolles, (Marjorie E. Mother) (bk also 987; listed both lots) 1885-1969 (11/8) Bouton, (Zadie BOLLES hw)-Anson S (& on #987) cd #1018 listed both lots 1883-1959 (10/6) Bouton, (Anson S) (& on #987) cd #1018 listd both lots 1877-1953 d Apr 26 Thorpe, (Bernice B) bur 5/18/2005 @98 Thorpe, (Charles A) 1913-1973 bur 5/21 Bolles, Roland (Cremains) (bk) same gr s mother #3 bur 10/6/1988 NF (Anson & Zadie are also listed as buried in #987. Bookhout Funeral Home records have no lot for Anson but they list lot #1918 for Zadie. Lot 1099 BOUTON (name) mon. Morgan, Velina H. Daughter (bk Mrs Evelina H) 1910-1969 (6/4) Bouton, Ida B. Mother 1874-1933 Bouton, Frank H. Father (bk-Frank C) 1875-1953 d Apr 19 Bouton, Ruby B 190--1958 (8/30) Bouton, Ray I. 1888-1945 d Jul 13 Lot 1878 SEE (front)/ BOUTON (back) mon See, (Mildred HYER hw)-Geo. 1894-1986 (7/8) See, George 1892-1955 (1/4)@ 62-2-25 Bouton, (Donald Anson) 1923-blank Bouton, (Parda BENEDICT hw)-Donald Anson 1925-blank Lot 2249 Bouton, (Ruth L) 1911-1983 (4/13) Bouton, (Arthur R) 1906-1978 (4/13) Bouton, Arthur R. SF1 US Navy WWII (dup) 1906 Jul 25-1978 Jan 19 USWV Lot 655 Rockefeller, Dorothy L (bk bur 1920; st d 1921) (bk,cd Rockefellow) 1920-1921 (bur list 5/14/1920) NW cor Rockefellow, Dorothy L (bk) SEE Rockefeller, Dorothy L Docc-Rockefeller, Dorothy D d 1/24/1920 at 10 mos bur Plains Rockefeller, George M owner not buried Munson, infant (bk) bur 10/1/1940 NF Pizanello, Marco (bk) d 1944 May 1 NF (5/5) fs - blank Sandy Goodspeed Harriett Schultz wrote: >Sandy, do you have a full listing of burials in the cemetery and if so, how far >back does it go? Am interested in any and all BOUTON & ROCKEFELLER (any sp). > >Harriett > >

Sure wish my husband had done that just now before he cut the buried electric lines to our garage.........:) ~~Gabrielle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Webster" <websterl@wcox.com> To: "Delaware Co List" <NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Missing stones continued > Now I have to add my two cents worth. Dowsing rods do work. That is, for > some unexplained reason they will cross over themselves. I've been in > the excavating business most of my life and have used dowsing rods many > times. They do detect something. At times. They are not infallible. > They will tell you lies. And if someone tells you he knows what is down > in the ground from the action of the rods, he's lying. I have located > plastic, copper, clay and iron pipes. Telephone, electric. gas, water and > sewer lines. But the rods won't tell you what it is or how deep. And > there are times when they cross as if there is something buried and > nothing is ever found. Do not trust them, but only use them as a guide to > a possibility there is something buried. > > Over the 40 years I've used them I have pondered why this action of the > rods happens. I have used rods made from steel, coat hangers, baling > wire and bronze welding rod, even the little flags the utility companies > use to mark the location of their services, etc. Anything works it > appears. The only answer I can come up with is the earth is a large > magnetic ball. Whenever we disturb a few feet of the surface of the earth > we disturb the magnetic path of the skin of the old globe. At this > disruption of the earths skin by excavation, the magnetic pull is > disturbed and this causes the rods to cross themselves and when you pass > by the disruption they will again align themselves parallel to each other. > > Go grab a couple of metal coat hangers, cut off the hooked part, length is > not important. Straighten the hanger out as best as you can. About 6-8 > inches from one end, bend the hanger to form a 90 degree angle. Lightly > grasp the short part of the bent hanger in a closed fist, one in each > hand. Don't grip it tight, just enough to keep from dropping it. Now, > with your arms placed at your side to help stabilize your arms, balance > the rod in your hands so that the long portion of the hanger points away > from your body and are parallel to each other. This takes some juggling > of your arms and hands and wrists. Somewhere that you know there is a > buried utility line, as mentioned above, walk slow, steadily and smoothly, > keeping. the rods parallel and horizontal, and cross the buried object > perpendicular to the direction of the ditch. The rods should cross when > you pass over the ditch and should return to parallel after you pass by > the ditch. Most of you have water and sewer li! > nes entering the front or rear of your home. Give it a try. > > Larry > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Harriet, Are you searching the Bouton Family? If you are would you contact me at landk@capital.net. Thanks, Linda

Sandy, do you have a full listing of burials in the cemetery and if so, how far back does it go? Am interested in any and all BOUTON & ROCKEFELLER (any sp). Harriett ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy Goodspeed To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing stones continued Hi Larry, It REALLY works! I just tried it and I was amazed to see the coat hangers very slowly cross right over top of each other! I know about dowsing for water but never knew about this. I'm cemetery historian for Plains Cem. in Oneonta and I can't wait to go down try this as there are supposed burials in some lots but can't find any sign of a burial. Maybe this will help. Thanks. Sandy Goodspeed Larry Webster wrote: >Go grab a couple of metal coat hangers, cut off the hooked part, length is not >important. Straighten the hanger out as best as you can. About 6-8 inches >from one end, bend the hanger to form a 90 degree angle. Lightly grasp the >short part of the bent hanger in a closed fist, one in each hand. Don't grip >it tight, just enough to keep from dropping it. Now, with your arms placed at >your side to help stabilize your arms, balance the rod in your hands so that >the long portion of the hanger points away from your body and are parallel to >each other. This takes some juggling of your arms and hands and wrists. >Somewhere that you know there is a buried utility line, as mentioned above, >walk slow, steadily and smoothly, keeping. the rods parallel and horizontal, >and cross the buried object perpendicular to the direction of the ditch. The >rods should cross when you pass over the ditch and should return to parallel >after you pass by the ditch. Most of you have water and sewer l! i! > nes entering the front or rear of your home. Give it a try. > >Larry > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

CR Jones of Cooperstown reportedly has this machine of which you speak. He is a historian who spends a great deal of time in cemeteries. ~~Gabrielle (former Hamden Town Historian) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Coyle" <pcoyle@binghamton.edu> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery - Dowsing > You will see that if you do "google" that there is quite a lot about > it at various sights. Quite interesting! > > At 01:34 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote: >>I had never heard of this, although a year or so ago, there was talk of a >>machine that could be used to detect graves - problem was that the land >>needed to be fairly flat to use it. I believe that it is something like a >>mower. >> >>I would love to know more about this dowsing. I intend to "google" it >>now. >>It would be great to have with me as I walk some of the older cemeteries. >> >>Rene' >>list administrator >> >>-------Original Message------- >> >>From: Max Ward >>Date: 5/3/2007 1:08:54 PM >>To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery >> >>There must be something to it. All I can imagine is that you are detecting >>some variation in the density of an object buried 6 feet below, perhaps if >>the object is considerably longer than it is wide? >> >> >> >> >> >> To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ***************************************************** > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Larry, It REALLY works! I just tried it and I was amazed to see the coat hangers very slowly cross right over top of each other! I know about dowsing for water but never knew about this. I'm cemetery historian for Plains Cem. in Oneonta and I can't wait to go down try this as there are supposed burials in some lots but can't find any sign of a burial. Maybe this will help. Thanks. Sandy Goodspeed Larry Webster wrote: >Go grab a couple of metal coat hangers, cut off the hooked part, length is not important. Straighten the hanger out as best as you can. About 6-8 inches from one end, bend the hanger to form a 90 degree angle. Lightly grasp the short part of the bent hanger in a closed fist, one in each hand. Don't grip it tight, just enough to keep from dropping it. Now, with your arms placed at your side to help stabilize your arms, balance the rod in your hands so that the long portion of the hanger points away from your body and are parallel to each other. This takes some juggling of your arms and hands and wrists. Somewhere that you know there is a buried utility line, as mentioned above, walk slow, steadily and smoothly, keeping. the rods parallel and horizontal, and cross the buried object perpendicular to the direction of the ditch. The rods should cross when you pass over the ditch and should return to parallel after you pass by the ditch. Most of you have water and sewer l! i! > nes entering the front or rear of your home. Give it a try. > >Larry > >

Sandy, Let me stress, this method is not infallible. Sometimes it works and you find something but sometimes it shows a disruption and when dug there is nothing there. But who knows what minerals may be in the soil and at what depth. In any matter, it's fun to try and play with and it'll make some peoples eyes widen. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Goodspeed" <Goodspsm@oneonta.edu> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing stones continued > Hi Larry, > It REALLY works! I just tried it and I was amazed to see the coat > hangers very slowly cross right over top of each other! I know about > dowsing for water but never knew about this. I'm cemetery historian > for Plains Cem. in Oneonta and I can't wait to go down try this as there > are supposed burials in some lots but can't find any sign of a burial. > Maybe this will help. Thanks. > Sandy Goodspeed >

Val, Great point! I have seen this many times too. And you're right, deeds are a great source of information and many times overlooked. Thanks for adding this, Rene' -------Original Message------- From: val brown Date: 5/3/2007 3:01:51 PM To: Rene'; nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery Dear All: Aside, the flip side of this is that there maybe a monument, but no burial beneath the stone. It is then, a memorial, and more investigation to be done. I have six burials of family in one plot in an operating cemetery. Three members had the resources for a stone, but for whatever reason, it was not done at those three separate burial occasions. Investigation at the church showed all names, where everyone was placed, dates, etc. In my own experience, I found the cemetery deeds for plots my great grandparents and parents' had bought. These deeds get over looked. After investigation, one might find an open, available space for future burial(s) and the opportunity for a stone to be made then to name all who are buried together. ~Valerie

Hi Louise! Thank you so much for offering me info on the Nicolle family. However, I have never found that name in any of my families (I have four‹‹my adopted family and my birth family). My interests on the Delaware Co. list are the Stott/Ormiston families. Thanks again, Mary Curtis On 5/2/07 6:05 AM, Louise Little wrote: > Hi, I have quite a bit on the Nicolle family and will be happy to e-mail it to > you. I am tangentially related, but I know a Nicoll descendent who is not on > internet but who has a lot of info and I can give you her address if you > contact me directly. Louise > > I will under separate cover send you the genealogy I have. > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I talked to the Natchez Cemetery director, who told me how he made his device: two metal cylinders, two heavy coat hanger wires bent at 90 degrees, that fit into the cylinders. He practiced for about 30 days, using the process that you can find online. I'm going to try it out myself (one of the benefits of being semi-retired) on a local cemetery. If I don't get arrested, I'll let everyone know what I find out in about 30 days. Max -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Coyle Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:29 PM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery - Dowsing You will see that if you do "google" that there is quite a lot about it at various sights. Quite interesting! At 01:34 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote: >I had never heard of this, although a year or so ago, there was talk of a >machine that could be used to detect graves - problem was that the land >needed to be fairly flat to use it. I believe that it is something like a >mower. > >I would love to know more about this dowsing. I intend to "google" it now. >It would be great to have with me as I walk some of the older cemeteries. > >Rene' >list administrator > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Max Ward >Date: 5/3/2007 1:08:54 PM >To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery > >There must be something to it. All I can imagine is that you are detecting >some variation in the density of an object buried 6 feet below, perhaps if >the object is considerably longer than it is wide? > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ***************************************************** To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You will see that if you do "google" that there is quite a lot about it at various sights. Quite interesting! At 01:34 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote: >I had never heard of this, although a year or so ago, there was talk of a >machine that could be used to detect graves - problem was that the land >needed to be fairly flat to use it. I believe that it is something like a >mower. > >I would love to know more about this dowsing. I intend to "google" it now. >It would be great to have with me as I walk some of the older cemeteries. > >Rene' >list administrator > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Max Ward >Date: 5/3/2007 1:08:54 PM >To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery > >There must be something to it. All I can imagine is that you are detecting >some variation in the density of an object buried 6 feet below, perhaps if >the object is considerably longer than it is wide? > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *****************************************************