Doris, Good one ! Isn't it funny just what we all will do to find our ancestors ........You know I am the ONLY person in my family that still goes to my Grandparents and yes Great Grandparents graves and puts flowers on their graves. If I buy a small bundle of flowers and, there is another family member buried near by, i'll take one of the flowers from the bundle and, lay it on the other person's grave. Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:38 AM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Memories of visiting cemeteries > We had one of those EXPERIENCES when we went to a cemetery in WV. They > told > us to go in on the farm road and follow it back and on up the hill. We > drove > back and came to a closed iron gate. So we turned around and went back to > a > barn where some actual people were and explained to them what we were > looking > for. He proceeds to tell me to just open the gate and keep going. I'm > concerned about his cows coming out (they're all standing by this gate) so > he assures > me that they won't come over that roller thingy. So we made it past there > and started up this hill that didn't have a road that we could tell. Half > way > up it got so steep that I felt like the car was going to tip over > backwards. I > told my daughter to just stop right there and we would walk the rest of > the > way. We did and it was wonderful on top. Made sure we did a video. So > my > daughter decides to start back down so she could take her time while I was > still > looking. I start down and find her sitting in the grass??? She tells me > that > the cows are "Coming 'round the mountain" apparently to eat and we have to > wait for the herd to pass. I was thrilled to just make it back to a > hard-surfaced road. > > I do plan on getting to Huntingdon Co. this year to drive around the lake > where my husband's Corbins & Ridenours lived. I have heard that the > Corbin > Cemetery is on that Ridge and accessible only on foot so I don't think I > wll try > that. > > After thinking of the experiences that we have finding these cemeteries I > always appreciate this: > "DEAR ANCESTOR" > Your tombstone stands among the rest, neglected and alone. > The name and dates are chiseled out on polished marble stone, > It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mourn. > You did not know that I exist; you died and I was born. > Yet each of us are cells of you, in flesh, in blood, in bone. > Our blood contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own. > Dear Ancestor, the place you filled so long ago > Spreads out among the ones you left, who would have loved you so. > I wonder if you knew > That someday I would find the spot, and come and visit you. > (Author Unknown) > > Happy hunting, > Doris Snyder > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, > cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >