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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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'm trying to establish whether the Samuel Boyd living in Drumore from at least 1750 was the same Samuel Boyd who was a Quaker, coming from County Antrim Ireland 1736 and involved with the Penn Hill Quaker Meeting. Can anyone tell me if there is a listing of Boyds in the Penn Hill Cemetery??? Does anyone have info on Samuel Boyd who supposedly married a Margaret Campbell?? Thanks Josette Maxwell Boone NC