I don't have one but that is a very good idea.... my mother's family has a cemetery that is up in the hills of W. Va. and off the beaten path. Once you get up there it is well maintained but yes, that is an excellent idea for those that only have a few stones etc. One thing I did with my father and 1st husband's graves..... they are next to one another...... now the cemetery is HUGE...... and I know what section.... and we always pin pointed it by a faucet that we parked by..... but the faucet come to find out is actually very off set from the stones.... and as bushes are removed etc that previously marked the spot..... it was always a challenge to find the stones..... walking in circles till we stumbled over them. SO..... last time I was there..... as I was taking pictures of family headstones anyway......... I walked back to the street in a direct line from the stones...... turned around and took a picture...... any bush, tree etc... was then in the picture. I know that doesn't always work because things are removed and changed but if you don't have a gps to mark the spot..... then that is an idea too. Janean -----Original Message----- From: valoudou-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:valoudou-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jamilandteresia@comcast.net Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:58 PM To: valoudou@rootsweb.com Subject: [VALOUDOU] Cemeteries in general I have a question/suggestion for those who go to cemeteries. Do any of you take GPS readings? When I met my second cousin in Perry Co., KY to visit cemeteries I took along my GPS. I took readings at the entrance of the cemetery and at the grave site. Now, the GPS receiver I had at the time could pinpoint to within 30 feet I think. I believe the ones they have out now are more accurate. The GPS reading could come in handy when visiting those "family cemeteries". I sent a GPS receiver to my second cousin to record readings of those cemeteries that have just a few graves in them. I figure it might come in handy years from now : ) Teresia (Sanders) Scott Hamilton, VA ATTENTION! New e-mail address: jamilandteresia@comcast.net The Ambrose Jones Wiki: http://ambrosejones.wikispaces.com Genealogy, it's a family thing. Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Germany ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The First Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALOUDOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Good point. Teresia (Sanders) Scott Hamilton, VA ATTENTION! New e-mail address: jamilandteresia@comcast.net The Ambrose Jones Wiki: http://ambrosejones.wikispaces.com Genealogy, it's a family thing. Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Germany On May 19, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Janean wrote: > I don't have one but that is a very good idea.... my mother's family > has a > cemetery that is up in the hills of W. Va. and off the beaten path. > Once > you get up there it is well maintained but yes, that is an excellent > idea > for those that only have a few stones etc. > > One thing I did with my father and 1st husband's graves..... they are > next > to one another...... now the cemetery is HUGE...... and I know what > section.... and we always pin pointed it by a faucet that we parked > by..... > but the faucet come to find out is actually very off set from the > stones.... > and as bushes are removed etc that previously marked the spot..... it > was > always a challenge to find the stones..... walking in circles till we > stumbled over them. > > SO..... last time I was there..... as I was taking pictures of family > headstones anyway......... I walked back to the street in a direct > line from > the stones...... turned around and took a picture...... any bush, tree > etc... was then in the picture. I know that doesn't always work > because > things are removed and changed but if you don't have a gps to mark the > spot..... then that is an idea too. > > Janean > > -----Original Message----- > From: valoudou-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:valoudou-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of jamilandteresia@comcast.net > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:58 PM > To: valoudou@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VALOUDOU] Cemeteries in general > > I have a question/suggestion for those who go to cemeteries. Do any of > you take GPS readings? When I met my second cousin in Perry Co., KY to > visit cemeteries I took along my GPS. I took readings at the entrance > of the cemetery and at the grave site. Now, the GPS receiver I had at > the time could pinpoint to within 30 feet I think. I believe the ones > they have out now are more accurate. The GPS reading could come in > handy when visiting those "family cemeteries". I sent a GPS receiver > to my second cousin to record readings of those cemeteries that have > just a few graves in them. I figure it might come in handy years from > now : ) > > Teresia (Sanders) Scott > Hamilton, VA > > ATTENTION! New e-mail address: > jamilandteresia@comcast.net > > The Ambrose Jones Wiki: > http://ambrosejones.wikispaces.com > > Genealogy, it's a family thing. > Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, > Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, > Lowe, Legg, American Indian > Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, > Kentucky, Ireland, Germany > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The First Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something > about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUDOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The First Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell > us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUDOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >