Hi, Thanks for reminding me about the Canby Funeral home. I have not done that yet. I am getting ready to go to work so the fun is over for now. I may get time to call them tomorrow before I leave for work Tues. Nathan --- Carole Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >