What County in Iowa? Looking for Cherokee Co. Fred in Las Vegas, NV * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merri Cross" <macnjac91@hotmail.com> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:08 AM Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] RE: lost cemeteries > Just wanted to put in my two cents. I am on our county's pioneer cemetery > restoration committee in Iowa. We are finishing up the process of > researching pioneer cemeteries (if I recall, the definition of a pioneer > cemetery is one that has had fewer than 5 burials in the past 50 years). > When we find a cemetery, we transcribe the stones that are found, but we > also probe the ground to find buried stones. You can use a homemade probe > about 3 feet long, but be careful not to damage the stones. Most times > the stones will just be 2 feet or less under the topsoil. One cemetery > only had 2 stones leaning against trees, but subsequent probing found > about 4 more, and the soil protects the marble from weathering. The > inscriptions on the buried stones have been very crisp and clear - no > rubbing was necessary. > > I guess for any cemetery that has a private owner, you would have to have > permission to probe and dig the stones. I walked a cemetery for some > cousins and found the lot where the ancestors were buried, but no stones. > But I suspect that the stones are just under the topsoil - I don't know if > the city-owned cemetery would let me probe and dig. > > It's just like a treasure hunt! > > And, for what it's worth, my Greene County ancestors were Thomas Gay and > Kate Hallenbeck Gay. After Kate's death in 1895, Thomas and children > moved by train to Iowa (yes, Sylvia, sometime I will post this info on the > migrations database!!), but one child, Daisy Gay Lampman, remained in > Greene County. They all lived in the Coxsackie area. Thomas' parents > were Albert and Maria Gay, I don't know who Kate's parents were. > > Merri Cross > > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > Over 1400 pages of Greene County information, fully indexed, to help you > find your lost link! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Yes, which IA. county? My ancestors spent time in both Greene Co. NY. and Greene Co. IA. (They must have liked the name Greene?) As well as Broome, Steuben and Cattaraugus Counties in NY. Tioga in PA. Henry in IL. and Dixon in NE. If anyone on the list, however unlikely, may need lookups in said, Dixon Co. NE., I have the book that my cousin produced on the cemeteries there. Sad to say that she is now confined to one of them, and the county is greatly missing her genealogical services! Clyde in MO. > What County in Iowa? Looking for Cherokee Co. > > Fred in Las Vegas, NV > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Merri Cross" <macnjac91@hotmail.com> > To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:08 AM > Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] RE: lost cemeteries > > >> Just wanted to put in my two cents. I am on our county's pioneer >> cemetery restoration committee in Iowa. We are finishing up the >> process of researching pioneer cemeteries (if I recall, the >> definition of a pioneer cemetery is one that has had fewer than 5 >> burials in the past 50 years).