Anyone know of any good books on Lancaster Co troops in the Revolutionary war ? I am looking for info on John , George and Henry Diffenbach ( Diffenbaugh ) who where in the Revolutionary war. Roy ____________________________________________________________ Single? Chat with sexy singles in your area now. Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/u4MuScMvb6dJln4ztxx8fCVralH9BgnaHlRgoIhiWjfwnJ478NLte/

Karen, I see that you are also looking for Millers in Lancaster County. My gg grandfather's name was Benjamin Franklin Miller. I have been having a very difficult time finding my Millers in an area where Millers are as numerous as Smiths and Jones are in most places. Any suggestions as to how to search a common name such as this one? On Nov 28, 2008, at 11:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I have several volumes of cemetery transcriptions for Lancaster > county, > since I have quite a few families that went through there (Gish, > Miller, > Sides/Seitz, Eckman). It was part of these transcriptions that made > me push our > group so hard to record everything. I stood at the grave of a gr- > gr-grandmother, > and though the dates & her name was legible, half of the writing on > the > stone was not. One guy said I didn't need it, since I had the > dates, but I want > to know what else was carved on the stone, since somebody in the > family > thought enough of it to pay to have it carved on/or purchase one > with that > particular sentiment. There wasn't anything like that on her > husband's. > > Karen > >

I spoke with the owner of the property today where the Ellmaker Graveyard is. It is a 30' x 30' graveyard with a stone wall around it. The GPS coordinates are 40.061088, -76.067147. The owner also confirmed for me the location of the Kurtz/Ellmaker Graveyard, which is located just west of this Graveyard, literally across the street. The GPS coordinates for the Kurtz/Ellmaker Graveyard are 40.062899,-76.074687.

Keith That link doesn't work for me, and I've tried clicking it and copying and pasting it. Keith McKain wrote: > Pam (and anyone else following this thread), > I made an error - should have looked it up -- the first cemetery I > did was Mt. Ober (near Elizabethtown) and can be viewed at: > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/mount-ober.htm > > and I ONLY did the transcription - Abby Bowman did the photography in > the field. I knew about Worner -- my 4th Great Grandmother's tombstone > is listed as: > > Tombstone located in Marietta Cemetery - Marietta, PA as reported in > WORNER - V.19 - #364 (Lancaster County Historical Society Research > Library). Marker: Catherine Huff McKain Real Daughter Born 1780 Died 1873 > > Unfortunately I still cannot find it! Have all of the rest for that > line in my family - but not Catherine! But I keep looking (thus the > occasional additions to transcripts and images for Marietta Cemetery) > whenever I can. Thanks for the lead on the Rineer Book - I will look > into it. > > Keith > > > Pam Pearson wrote: > >> Keith writes: " - you said "what was done in Lancaster county when they read >> the cemeteries several years ago " - I was not aware of such an effort. I >> finished Mt. Olive Cemetery a few months ago (transcribing from images) - >> and am working on Bainbridge Cemetery right now -- but if they are already >> DONE - I would certainly be interested! Keith" >> >> A great resource (really indispensible, I think) for Lancaster County >> researchers is "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" by A. Hunter >> Rineer, Jr. It was published in 1993 by the Lancaster County Historical >> Society. It contains 560 pages and is a complete guide to all churches and >> cemeteries (public and private) in Lancaster County. It provides a brief >> history for each church and cemetery. It also states what records are >> available (baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, etc.) and where they >> can be found. It provides a good overview of each religious denomination, as >> well as maps of each township showing the locations of the churches and >> cemeteries. LCHS sells them for $10 on their website. >> >> Many of the gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS were recorded in the >> 1930s (Worner) and the 1960s (Gerberich). Some have updates from the 1980s >> and later. The older records are particularly valuable, since many of the >> stones have deteriorated (or, sadly, have been vandalized) since the >> inscriptions were recorded. Of course, none of this precludes the need to >> capture digital images of still-existing gravestones and posting them online >> for all to view. Kudos to all of you are doing such great and valuable work! >> >> Per the book: >> Marietta Cemetery: >> The cemetery was chartered in 1855 by Lancaster County courts. >> Gravestone inscriptions of the "oldest stones only" available at both the >> Lancaster County Historical Society (LCHS) and Lancaster Mennonite >> Historical Society (LMHS). >> >> Mount Olive Cemetery: >> There is no listing for a cemetery by this name; perhaps it goes by >> another name. >> >> Bainbridge Cemetery - the following is for Bainbridge Public Cemetery (also >> called Riverview Cemetery): >> Founded in 1874; gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS (no date >> given). >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1818 - Release Date: 11/28/2008 7:31 PM >> >>

Pam (and anyone else following this thread), I made an error - should have looked it up -- the first cemetery I did was Mt. Ober (near Elizabethtown) and can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/mount-ober.htm and I ONLY did the transcription - Abby Bowman did the photography in the field. I knew about Worner -- my 4th Great Grandmother's tombstone is listed as: Tombstone located in Marietta Cemetery - Marietta, PA as reported in WORNER - V.19 - #364 (Lancaster County Historical Society Research Library). Marker: Catherine Huff McKain Real Daughter Born 1780 Died 1873 Unfortunately I still cannot find it! Have all of the rest for that line in my family - but not Catherine! But I keep looking (thus the occasional additions to transcripts and images for Marietta Cemetery) whenever I can. Thanks for the lead on the Rineer Book - I will look into it. Keith Pam Pearson wrote: > Keith writes: " - you said "what was done in Lancaster county when they read > the cemeteries several years ago " - I was not aware of such an effort. I > finished Mt. Olive Cemetery a few months ago (transcribing from images) - > and am working on Bainbridge Cemetery right now -- but if they are already > DONE - I would certainly be interested! Keith" > > A great resource (really indispensible, I think) for Lancaster County > researchers is "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" by A. Hunter > Rineer, Jr. It was published in 1993 by the Lancaster County Historical > Society. It contains 560 pages and is a complete guide to all churches and > cemeteries (public and private) in Lancaster County. It provides a brief > history for each church and cemetery. It also states what records are > available (baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, etc.) and where they > can be found. It provides a good overview of each religious denomination, as > well as maps of each township showing the locations of the churches and > cemeteries. LCHS sells them for $10 on their website. > > Many of the gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS were recorded in the > 1930s (Worner) and the 1960s (Gerberich). Some have updates from the 1980s > and later. The older records are particularly valuable, since many of the > stones have deteriorated (or, sadly, have been vandalized) since the > inscriptions were recorded. Of course, none of this precludes the need to > capture digital images of still-existing gravestones and posting them online > for all to view. Kudos to all of you are doing such great and valuable work! > > Per the book: > Marietta Cemetery: > The cemetery was chartered in 1855 by Lancaster County courts. > Gravestone inscriptions of the "oldest stones only" available at both the > Lancaster County Historical Society (LCHS) and Lancaster Mennonite > Historical Society (LMHS). > > Mount Olive Cemetery: > There is no listing for a cemetery by this name; perhaps it goes by > another name. > > Bainbridge Cemetery - the following is for Bainbridge Public Cemetery (also > called Riverview Cemetery): > Founded in 1874; gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS (no date > given). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: [email protected]

Keith writes: " - you said "what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago " - I was not aware of such an effort. I finished Mt. Olive Cemetery a few months ago (transcribing from images) - and am working on Bainbridge Cemetery right now -- but if they are already DONE - I would certainly be interested! Keith" A great resource (really indispensible, I think) for Lancaster County researchers is "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" by A. Hunter Rineer, Jr. It was published in 1993 by the Lancaster County Historical Society. It contains 560 pages and is a complete guide to all churches and cemeteries (public and private) in Lancaster County. It provides a brief history for each church and cemetery. It also states what records are available (baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, etc.) and where they can be found. It provides a good overview of each religious denomination, as well as maps of each township showing the locations of the churches and cemeteries. LCHS sells them for $10 on their website. Many of the gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS were recorded in the 1930s (Worner) and the 1960s (Gerberich). Some have updates from the 1980s and later. The older records are particularly valuable, since many of the stones have deteriorated (or, sadly, have been vandalized) since the inscriptions were recorded. Of course, none of this precludes the need to capture digital images of still-existing gravestones and posting them online for all to view. Kudos to all of you are doing such great and valuable work! Per the book: Marietta Cemetery: The cemetery was chartered in 1855 by Lancaster County courts. Gravestone inscriptions of the "oldest stones only" available at both the Lancaster County Historical Society (LCHS) and Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (LMHS). Mount Olive Cemetery: There is no listing for a cemetery by this name; perhaps it goes by another name. Bainbridge Cemetery - the following is for Bainbridge Public Cemetery (also called Riverview Cemetery): Founded in 1874; gravestone inscriptions at LCHS and LMHS (no date given). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE]

I have several volumes of cemetery transcriptions for Lancaster county, since I have quite a few families that went through there (Gish, Miller, Sides/Seitz, Eckman). It was part of these transcriptions that made me push our group so hard to record everything. I stood at the grave of a gr-gr-grandmother, and though the dates & her name was legible, half of the writing on the stone was not. One guy said I didn't need it, since I had the dates, but I want to know what else was carved on the stone, since somebody in the family thought enough of it to pay to have it carved on/or purchase one with that particular sentiment. There wasn't anything like that on her husband's. Karen In a message dated 11/28/2008 6:36:59 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Many of the older and smaller cemeteries in Lancaster County have NO cemetery office - others have "someone" in charge but records are incomplete - or do not even exist. I spent 5 years trying to get the records for Marietta Cemetery - finally cornered the guy with "the book" and - as I read it - it was falling to a powder in my hands! I was able to take pictures of the plot plan - a great help. Then I discovered " the book" was NOT a record of burials - all it included was who bought which plot. Apparently no one has that record. I did get the Lancaster Country Historical Society involved and they have preserved "the book" - but it is only available at their office near Wheatland in Lancaster. Being thorough is a GREAT idea - if one has the time and energy to do so. But on a day trip with 6 hours of total driving - recording nearly 3000 tombstones is not possible. Many of us think a partial list beats nothing at all. Not the BEST situation - but the way it is! Karen - you said "what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago " - I was not aware of such an effort. I finished Mt. Olive Cemetery a few months ago (transcribing from images) - and am working on Bainbridge Cemetery right now -- but if they are already DONE - I would certainly be interested! Keith [1][email protected] wrote: A lot of it depends on who's reading the cemetery, who owns & operates the cemetery & how old the cemetery is. We've been reading cemeteries in Omaha for the past several years and when possible, we've gotten the interment data base from the cemetery office so that we can include names & interment dates of folks that don't have stones and the full date of death or interment for those that only have the year carved on the stone. (We also include an indication of other things on the marker such as marriage date, children's nam es, poetry, scriptures, pictures, etc. because if someone cared enough to pay the money to put it on, the least we can do is care enough to document it for posterity.) Now I realize that what we've been doing here is NOT what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago, it isn't int ended as criticism. But if somebody goes out to read a cemetery now, you may as well be thorough when you do it. What is readable now may not be in 30 years or so, as we have found out in one of the local pioneer cemeteries. Karen In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, [2][email protected] writes: What about records that have the name of the person that is buried without a stone or the stone is broken or lost. Are Cemeteries only using names with tombstones? I have looked for burial of my ancesters but there is no record as where they were buried. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" [3]<[email protected]> To: [4]<[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] Paul, Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of time). The same is true for the image site I sent [5]http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ . Keith WEST wrote: I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not listed in the cemetery. Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find a Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. Paul This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. Enjoy! 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Not everybody is buried in "public" cemeteries. There were a lot of "family" cemeteries. Buried out by the tree line (edge of the woods), buried out in a field or a clump of trees with just a wooden marker. Have to check with the Registery of Deeds to see if there is such a cemetery, Lots of times such cemeteries were not kept up and are all overgrown. Or the property might have been sold and the new owners did something with the graves Jim Morrison ----- Original Message ----- From: WEST <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:02:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] What about records that have the name of the person that is buried without a stone or the stone is broken or lost. Are Cemeteries only using names with tombstones? I have looked for burial of my ancesters but there is no record as where they were buried. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] > Paul, > Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - > AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a > person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite > incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is > willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times > that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in > Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania > (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of > time). The same is true for the image site I sent > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ > > . > > Keith > > WEST wrote: >> I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not >> listed in the cemetery. >> Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find >> a >> Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. >> >> Paul >> > >> This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. >> Enjoy! >> Keith >> >> http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ >> >> >> Pam Pearson wrote: >> >>>> The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery >>>> photos. >>>> I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to >>>> "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million >>>> cemetery >>>> entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York >>>> cemeteries. >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/ >>>> >>>> >> > -- > Keith A. McKain > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > Email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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

I've noticed that there are very few markers left for those who lived in the 1700's in Lancaster Co., including those born in the 1700's who died in the 1800's.? Maybe that is the case too with other counties as well.? Perhaps markers were originally wooden and rotted?? Or perhaps more elaborate stones were constructed by professional stone carvers?in the 19th century and later.? Several cemeteries' transcriptions?will make mention of markers, head and foot stones that are illegible or have no visible remaining characters on them. So if you do not find a marker for a person who once lived in the 1700's in Lancaster Co. don't presume they weren't buried there. Richard B.

Many of the older and smaller cemeteries in Lancaster County have NO cemetery office - others have "someone" in charge but records are incomplete - or do not even exist. I spent 5 years trying to get the records for Marietta Cemetery - finally cornered the guy with "the book" and - as I read it - it was falling to a powder in my hands! I was able to take pictures of the plot plan - a great help. Then I discovered " the book" was NOT a record of burials - all it included was who bought which plot. Apparently no one has that record. I did get the Lancaster Country Historical Society involved and they have preserved "the book" - but it is only available at their office near Wheatland in Lancaster. Being thorough is a GREAT idea - if one has the time and energy to do so. But on a day trip with 6 hours of total driving - recording nearly 3000 tombstones is not possible. Many of us think a partial list beats nothing at all. Not the BEST situation - but the way it is! Karen - you said "what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago " - I was not aware of such an effort. I finished Mt. Olive Cemetery a few months ago (transcribing from images) - and am working on Bainbridge Cemetery right now -- but if they are already DONE - I would certainly be interested! Keith [1][email protected] wrote: A lot of it depends on who's reading the cemetery, who owns & operates the cemetery & how old the cemetery is. We've been reading cemeteries in Omaha for the past several years and when possible, we've gotten the interment data base from the cemetery office so that we can include names & interment dates of folks that don't have stones and the full date of death or interment for those that only have the year carved on the stone. (We also include an indication of other things on the marker such as marriage date, children's nam es, poetry, scriptures, pictures, etc. because if someone cared enough to pay the money to put it on, the least we can do is care enough to document it for posterity.) Now I realize that what we've been doing here is NOT what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago, it isn't int ended as criticism. But if somebody goes out to read a cemetery now, you may as well be thorough when you do it. What is readable now may not be in 30 years or so, as we have found out in one of the local pioneer cemeteries. Karen In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, [2][email protected] writes: What about records that have the name of the person that is buried without a stone or the stone is broken or lost. Are Cemeteries only using names with tombstones? I have looked for burial of my ancesters but there is no record as where they were buried. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" [3]<[email protected]> To: [4]<[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] Paul, Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of time). The same is true for the image site I sent [5]http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ . Keith WEST wrote: I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not listed in the cemetery. Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find a Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. Paul This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. Enjoy! Keith [6]http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ Pam Pearson wrote: The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery photos. I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York cemeteries. [7]http://www.findagrave.com/ -- Keith A. 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I am familiar as to where the Seltenreich cemetery is on Peter's Road. Will give it a check next weekend. Gloria --- On Thu, 11/27/08, Adam Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Boyd <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] PALANCAS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 300 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 5:10 AM > I believe that the cemetery below is located on the property > of Pioneer > Hi-Bred International Inc., 982 New Holland Road, New > Holland, PA 17557. A > look at that address on Google Maps with the satellite > reveals a graveyard > 600 feet north of Peter's Road and 2 miles east of > Seltenreich Church that > measures about 30'x30'. The graveyard is in the > fields to the west of the > building at that address. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:28:22 -0800 > > From: "Adam Boyd" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [PALANCAS] Kurtz Graveyard, Earl Township > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Can anyone help me obtain a photograph of three > tombstones from the Kurtz > > Graveyard in Earl Township? It is a small family > graveyard that was > > documented by Worner in 1935. According to Worner, the > graveyard was on the > > farm of Harrison E. Kling in 1935. Worner describes it > as about two miles > > east of Rowland's Reformed church and about 600 > feet north of "Peter's > > Road". Worner stated in 1935 that the cemetery > received no attention and > > was > > in a sadly neglected state. He says the graveyard is > 30 by 30 feet and is > > surrounded by a stone wall that is four feet high with > a cement coping and > > no entrance. I don't know for sure that the > cemetery is still in existence, > > but somebody looking for an adventure might enjoy > trying to discover it. If > > so, there are supposed to be about 22 headstone and 17 > footstones. The > > photographs I am looking for in particular are of: > > > > Anthony Ellmaker, died April 21, 1817, aged 88 years > > > > Elizabeth, wife of Anthony Ellmaker, died October 12, > 1812 > > > > Leonard Ellmaker, 1697-1782 > > > > Anna Margaretta (Hornberger) Ellmaker 1703-1779 > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Adam Boyd > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

A lot of it depends on who's reading the cemetery, who owns & operates the cemetery & how old the cemetery is. We've been reading cemeteries in Omaha for the past several years and when possible, we've gotten the interment data base from the cemetery office so that we can include names & interment dates of folks that don't have stones and the full date of death or interment for those that only have the year carved on the stone. (We also include an indication of other things on the marker such as marriage date, children's names, poetry, scriptures, pictures, etc. because if someone cared enough to pay the money to put it on, the least we can do is care enough to document it for posterity.) Now I realize that what we've been doing here is NOT what was done in Lancaster county when they read the cemeteries several years ago, it isn't intended as criticism. But if somebody goes out to read a cemetery now, you may as well be thorough when you do it. What is readable now may not be in 30 years or so, as we have found out in one of the local pioneer cemeteries. Karen In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What about records that have the name of the person that is buried without a stone or the stone is broken or lost. Are Cemeteries only using names with tombstones? I have looked for burial of my ancesters but there is no record as where they were buried. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] > Paul, > Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - > AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a > person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite > incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is > willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times > that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in > Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania > (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of > time). The same is true for the image site I sent > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ > > . > > Keith > > WEST wrote: >> I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not >> listed in the cemetery. >> Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find >> a >> Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. >> >> Paul >> > >> This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. >> Enjoy! >> Keith >> >> http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ >> >> >> Pam Pearson wrote: >> >>>> The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery >>>> photos. >>>> I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to >>>> "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million >>>> cemetery >>>> entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York >>>> cemeteries. >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/ >>>> >>>> >> > -- > Keith A. McKain > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > Email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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 **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)

What about records that have the name of the person that is buried without a stone or the stone is broken or lost. Are Cemeteries only using names with tombstones? I have looked for burial of my ancesters but there is no record as where they were buried. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records [FIND A GRAVE] > Paul, > Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - > AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a > person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite > incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is > willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times > that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in > Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania > (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of > time). The same is true for the image site I sent > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ > > . > > Keith > > WEST wrote: >> I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not >> listed in the cemetery. >> Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find >> a >> Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. >> >> Paul >> > >> This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. >> Enjoy! >> Keith >> >> http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ >> >> >> Pam Pearson wrote: >> >>>> The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery >>>> photos. >>>> I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to >>>> "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million >>>> cemetery >>>> entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York >>>> cemeteries. >>>> http://www.findagrave.com/ >>>> >>>> >> > -- > Keith A. McKain > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > Email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Paul, Yes - these are contributed. Some have all the stones that existed - AT THE TIME THE PERSON DID THE WORK. Others just include whatever a person was looking for or happened to photograph. Most are quite incomplete. Sometimes the person who submitted the data or images is willing to return (given directions to a particular plot). Other times that is not possible. I have contributed several small cemeteries in Delaware (as complete as I could make them) and others in Pennsylvania (Marietta, Marietta Union) - which are VERY INCOMPLETE (I ran out of time). The same is true for the image site I sent http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ . Keith WEST wrote: > I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not > listed in the cemetery. > Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find a > Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. > > Paul > > This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. > Enjoy! > Keith > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ > > > Pam Pearson wrote: > >>> The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery >>> photos. >>> I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to >>> "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery >>> entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York >>> cemeteries. >>> http://www.findagrave.com/ >>> >>> > -- Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: [email protected]

I looked in Find a Grave where my ancesters are buried and They were not listed in the cemetery. Is find a grave a list of what others have submitted to the list? Find a Grave shows Cemeteries in different States. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McKain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records > This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. > Enjoy! > Keith > > http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ > > > Pam Pearson wrote: >> The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery >> photos. >> I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to >> "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery >> entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York >> cemeteries. >> http://www.findagrave.com/ >> >> -- > Keith A. McKain > McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 > > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 > Email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I have a deed dated late 1700's that shows land located on Beam's Run. Was there ever in Lancaster County, a Beam's Run? If so, where might I find further information. TIA Mag -- A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson

I must have been tired! I thought he was looking for an Arkansas grave. Thanks, Jim Morrison ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam Pearson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:43:58 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Cemetery Records The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery photos. I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York cemeteries. http://www.findagrave.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Morrison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] PALANCAS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 300 > Have you tried this site yet? > http://arkansasgravestones.org/ > If there is nothing there then you should add to it when you do get some > pictures. > > HAPPY TURKEY DAY!! > > Jim Morrison > > 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

This site has images and data for MANY LANCASTER COUNTY Cemeteries. Enjoy! Keith http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/ Pam Pearson wrote: > The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery photos. > I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to > "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery > entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York cemeteries. > http://www.findagrave.com/ > > -- Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: [email protected]

The site you've suggested appears to contain only Arkansas cemetery photos. I alternatively suggest uploading cemetery data and/or photos to "Find-A-Grave." The site supposedly now contains over 28 million cemetery entries. I have found many entries here for Lancaster and York cemeteries. http://www.findagrave.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Morrison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] PALANCAS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 300 > Have you tried this site yet? > http://arkansasgravestones.org/ > If there is nothing there then you should add to it when you do get some > pictures. > > HAPPY TURKEY DAY!! > > Jim Morrison > > message

"Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" by Rineer says that Salem Reformed Church is now Salem (Heller's) United Church of of Christ, located on north side of Horsehoe Road, south of Leola. Heller's Church Cemetery adjoins the church. There are no comments about its condition, but it is probably good. Active churches generally maintain their adjoining cemeteries. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Boyd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: [PALANCAS] Salem's Reformed Churchyard, Upper Leacock Township >I am looking for help obtaining a photograph of a tombstone from Salem's > Reformed Churchyard in Upper Leacock Township. Anna Eva Bushong is said to > be buried there. The graveyard is said to be at "Heller's Station." I > would > appreciate any help from anybody who might know if the graveyard is still > in > existence or who could photograph that tombstone (if it is still legible). > The tombstone was documented by Worner in the 1930s and he noted that it > was > written in German. His transcription says, > > Anna Eva Bushong. > Born July 22, 1733; > died June 19, 1778. > Aged 44 years, 11 months > "weniger 3 Tage." (Note. Epi- > taph translated from > the German.) > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer. > > Sincerely, > > Adam Boyd > > ------------------------------- > 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