Hi Jim, Great instructions.....but you are underestimating the power of Google Earth ;-) I actually tried entering "Service United Presbyterian Church, Aliquippa, PA" into the Google Earth search box. It actually pointed it out directly and I found the church and cemetery clearly visible on the shores of the reservoir. Question....were the church and cemetery moved when the reservoir was created? Or has been a reservoir for a long time? Does anyone know the history of the church?? Thanks again!! Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Morrow" <jcm21.akm12@comcast.net> To: <pabeaver@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [PABEAVER] Service United Presbyterian Church & Cemetery > Hi Nancy, > > If you want to see the location of Service United Presbyterian > Church Cemetery, aka John Anderson Memorial Cemetery, you can do it > using Google Map in your browser. Put "Google Map" in the search > block, and then select the first item which should be "Google Maps > (maps.google.com). When the window appears put "Beaver County, PA" > in the search block. The map will come up with the Beaver County > Airport at the center of the map. Move the zoom bar down (zoom out) > to about the 7th notch. Hit the down arrow once. Now you should see > Shippingport just below the Ohio River, and below that McCleary and > Mechanicsburg, on Route 18. Just up from Mechanicburg, to the right, > is a blue body of water. That is the Ambridge Reservoir. The church > and cemetery are on the north shore of the reservoir. Hit the down > arrow to move the reservoir to the center of the window. Move the > zoom bar up to the 5th step from the top. Now you can see the > labeling for the reservoir and the Service Church Road off PA Route > 18. The point where the Service Church Road crosses the small inlet > should be at the center of the window. Move the map as necessary to > get that point at the center of the window. (My browser will let me > hold down the mouse and a hand will appear to grip the window to let > me move it, which is much easier and more precise that using the > arrows.) With the zoom bar at step 2, and the reservoir stretched > across the window, with the inlet in the center, select Satellite > from the four choices in the upper right corner of the window. At > this point my zoom bar has moved back to step 4 and the cemetery is > visible on the point of land by the inlet. Move the zoom bar up to > step 3 and hit the up arrow once to center the cemetery. You can now > see the church. Move the zoom bar up to step 2 and you can see the > tombstones in the cemetery and it fills the window. You can see a > car in the parking lot by the church. You can't tell it from the > picture but that is a steep hill behind the church, up to below the > circle. It is easier to go up the road through the woods, enter the > cemetery from the top and come down the hill. > > I have written the above details for the benefit of those who are > not use to playing with Google Maps and satellite pictures. If you > have experience with them all you have to know is where the point of > interest is located. > > Good luck. > > Jim Morrow > > > On Mar 25, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Nancy Clifton wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm the one researching Thomas and Sarah Clifton in Beaver County. >> James Morrow, you found death info and mentioned they were buried >> at Service United Presbyterian Cemetery. Thank you very, very much. >> Does anyone know where Service United is located? >> >> Thomas and Sarah are, I'm convinced, my 3rd GGParents. James H. >> Clifton, born Jan 29, 1822, is my GGGF......and all data points to >> his being one of the three unidentified sons you mentioned. James >> H. Clifton married Eliza Jane Knowles, also of Beaver County, and >> they moved to East Liverpool, Colunbiana County, OH. >> >> Thanks for any info!! >> Nancy Clifton >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABEAVER- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PABEAVER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >