Donna, if you find out, please let me know! Thanks! Wanz "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." -Goethe In a message dated 11/12/2008 1:51:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, medlar@umbc.edu writes: Michael, I was told that my ggrandmother and ggrandfather (columbia and Theophilus Shifflett )were moved to McGaheysville cemetery from the grave yard across the river. Evidently, the river rose to often and washed many of the graves out. I can't remember then name of the graveyard but I think it was in Island Ford. I have never found their graves and have searched everywhere trying to find out where they actually are. There has to be a plot listing somewhere. Anyone? Donna ichael Sellers wrote: > I'm wondering if there are burial records for Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville. I've gone through the online records on the Rockingham County website, and I know the posted surveys are records for gravestones that are still in existence and can be seen. > However, I'm trying to find out if there are actual burial records that would show someone being buried there though their gravestone may no longer be in existence or isn't/wasn't found. > > I've read the notations of John W. Wayland in 1931 when he wrote that, "I judge that a number of these bodies were moved here from the old graveyard". I'm assuming the old graveyard to which he referred was the Old Peaked Mountain Cemetery...? Does anyone know if those that were moved to Mt. Olivet from elsewhere were recorded? > > I'd appreciate any information about the existence, or non-existence, of burial records for Mt. Olivet and how best to go about searching for someone's burial there in the absence of a gravestone. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks very much for your time, > > Michael Sellers > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com 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 VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)