Nathan, Have you tried the funeral directors in the area? They may have access to the different names that the cemeteries in the area were once called. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Haines Sr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:57 AM Subject: [GFO] Macksburg Cemetery location? > Hi all, > In my last message I indicated that I tracked down > the Granddaughter of the family member that was buried > in the "Macksburg Cemetery" that I have been looking > for. I called her this morning and had a very > wonderful conversation with her. She is a really nice > person. She said that her Grandparents are buried in > the Zion Cemetery in Canby! She said she has never > heard of a Macksburg Cemetery either. > Now I am going to do a little bit more research to > see if I can determine if Zion Cemetery was ever > referred to as the Macksburg Cemetery ever before in > the past or if there is some other reason for this. > Maybe a few people thought of it as the Macksburg > Cemetery because that was where people who died in > Macksburg were taken for burial? Who knows? That would > be one guess. It may be that someone misinformed the > Canby newspaper, more then once, as to where some one > was going to be buried too? > Anyway, that is that mystery solved, for the most > part anyway. It appears that at least a few people > called the Zion Cemetery the Macksburg Cemetery. > I will also contact the Zion Cemetery to see if > the custodial person there has ever heard of it being > called the Macksburg Cemetery. > Nathan > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >