Don't forget the old Methodist graveyard in town of Mercersburg. Bonnie Bingaman---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Glenn Yeager" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:37:06 +0000 >Dear Kathy: >There are only about 158 Cemeteries in the Franklin County area ! My record >(If that is the correct word to use) Going to Friends and Family members >funerals is 56 in one year ! that is an average of one funeral a week . >Always go directly to the Cemetery office and they can check thier books or >computer and give You information , Don't go to some lawn and shrub care >person (caretaker) , Before You go to a Funeral Director call and make an >appointment , The last thing You or Anyone should do is just show up You >could end up disturbing a Funeral ! After time they wikll get to know You >like , Jim at G.B.F.H. and Paul at L.F.H. know Me it's good when You are on >a first name basis with People ! > > >>From: "gordon crooks" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Burns Cemetery >>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:46:07 -0400 >> >>Kathy: On my recent trip to Mercersburg I talked to two people who were >>knowledgeable about local cemeteries, one was the caretaker for Fairlawn >>Cemetery and the other was the local funeral director, both told me of two >>other cemeteries one was the old Seceder graveyard and the other also old >>was the Slate Hill cemetery. I have not heard of any others, except >>possible >>private burials on the farms. >> >> Gordon >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "KATHY" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:22 AM >>Subject: [PAFRANKL] Burns Cemetery >> >> >> >I asked a relative in Mercersburg to find the Burns Cemetery , here is >>what >> >she wrote ; >> > >> > Kathy, >> > >> > I found 2 Burns cemeterys,and they are both in Waynesboro,possibly 15 >> > miles east of Mercersburg.One I think the one you refered to is a large, >> > 13 acres, along Rt 16,I contains Jeremiah Morrow,James,Jean Downey and >> > Richard F Burns. the other is call Burns farm family cem. is currently >> > located in the Renfrew Museum grounds,and holds >> > J.Culbertson(Brother),Sarah D/O Sarah and Jeremiah,Jeremiah and Sarah, >> > Jane,d/o James and Rosannah Downey Burns,Francis,Margaret,Esther,and >>John >> > Burns,also John Knox White. >> > There is an article in todays Public opinion,at >> > www.publicopiniononline.com about an old graveyard found in Montgomery >> > Twp.(the Mercersburg area). >> > _______________________________________________________ >> > >> > Does anyone know of this new found graveyard ? My Ancestors rented land >> > in Montgomery Twp in 1820 , I have always suspected that it attached to >> > the land bought in 1811 and the Mercersburg Farm ? I was told at one >>time >> > Mercersburg was Montgomery Twp ? But I thought the original Twps were >> > Antrim and Guliford ? >> > >> > >> > >> > Kathy >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------- >> > Do you Yahoo!? >> > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] 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 >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get today's hot entertainment gossip http://movies.msn.com/movies/hotgossip > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >