On 15 July 2005 Donna Heller Zinn posted information about tombstone transcriptions for the now defunct Old Reformed and Lutheran Graveyard in Arendtsville. I am interested in getting a copy (preferably a scan) of G. A. Gobrecht's transcribed list of tombstone inscriptions for the Old Reformed and Lutheran Graveyard that used to be in Arendtsville, but is now a bank parking lot. Where did the pile of broken headstones go when the cemetery was converted to a parking lot? Were any of the graves moved to a different location, or were they paved over? Lee Anne -----Original Message----- From: Donna Heller Zinn [mailto:djzinn@pa.net] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:32 PM To: PAADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAADAMS] Old Reformed and Lutheran Graveyard in Arendtsville Hi Fellow Listers: I may have sent this to the list many years ago but I can't remember for sure. I found reference to a list of tombstone inscriptions taken down by a N. A. Gobrecht of Altoona, PA. - presumably done in about 1910. My question is .... Does anyone know where the complete transcript of Mr. Gobrecht's is now???? See what he wrote in the PA German Magazine - [suppliment] dated February 1910: The first paragraph reads: "NOTE: I made a trip specially from Altoona to the Arendtsville Cemetery to transcribe several hundred inscriptions from which the following have been selected. This graveyard was started by the pioneer settlers in the year 1780. There are over 1200 graves, over which there are no stones or markers, many of these having been broken off or pulled out by vandal hands to be piled up, with few exceptions in the corner of the old graveyard. The names of many of the dead are still preserved in the living descendants. We are informed that no parish record antedating 1870 is extant. If we are misinformed we hope this may bring it to light. It is highly desirable to preserve for posterity the names of the dead and it is hoped my effort may call forth additional data about the pioneers. The old log church at Arendts stood till 1849 when the brick union church was built by Lutherans and Reformed. In 1875 the Reformed bought their interest of the Lutherans in the old church and! remodelled it, the Lutherans building a new one. --tr.)" This cemetery/graveyard is no longer in existence. It is now the Arendtsville Bank parking lot!!!!!!! If you are interested in a scanned copy of the partial list that he provides in the publication - please e-mail me. Donna Heller Zinn of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. HELLER - FEHL - BEAMER - BENDER - FOHL - OYLER - SALTZGIVER - GROUP - STEINOUR - HUMMELBAUGH - THOMAS - many more...... ==== PAADAMS Mailing List ==== Adams Co. PA GenWeb URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/adams.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx