Thanks for that nice story. I have ancestors in that same cemetery, and paid it a visit in August. I live in NH now . What a lovely time of year to visit. Glad you found those important graves. Jean in NH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 3:48 PM Subject: [PAWAYNE-L] Colwell > Again, I want to thank everyone who gave me information on the Damascus PA > cemeteries where I might find my Cochecton NY Colwells buried. > Although the main reason for my trip was to attend a family wedding, I > couldn't travel such a great distance ( I live in Florida) without doing some > genealogy research. > I managed to carve out some time to drive to Damascus. It was a beautiful > autumn day, sunny and breezy. Autumn leaves were blowing everywhere. > My father and I had no trouble finding the Overlook Cemetery. Dad took one > part of the cemetery, I took the other. "Look for the flags" he said, "they > put them on the veterans graves". We looked and looked.. He has emphesema > so he couldn't do much. I put him in the car and I continued to look. I > needed to take him home. I was ready to give up when I stood by the car and > looked one more time. Maybe this sounds familiar to some of you? We had > parked directly in front of the Colwell grave marker and neither one of us > had looked at it! > I collected the information, did some rubbings and the visit was a success! > I now have just a little more information to continue my search. > Thank you all. > Judy Huska > > > ==== PAWAYNE Mailing List ==== > If you can't visit the area you are researching, check with your local > Family History Center. They may be able to get the records you require > on microfilm. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >