I have just joined the group and am looking forward to learning more
about lots of cemeteries. Although a new member of the group, I thought
you might like to know about my own blogs which might be of interest.
The first Creating Pictures In My Mind
<http://creatingpicturesinmymind.blogspot,com> has a good deal of
cemetery material posted on it at present - mostly historical
photographs and quite rare, subject wise.
The second The Graveyard Detective
<http://graveyarddetective.blogspot.com> launched last Friday and
reports an interesting find that provides background to a Canadian
soldier who died in the Red River in 1891 and has a twist in the tale.
I hope you like them.
Best wishes
Laurie
I'm new to the group as you all can see. Just a bit of info on me. I live in
Southern IL near Carbondale where SIU-C is at. I have been into cemeteries most
my life. But the last few years I have been traveling around the tri-state with
a friend, looking for old forgotten cemeteries. We have found close to 200 if
not more not listed on any map. I have been to the bigger ones in St. Louis
(Bellefontaine, Calvary, Bethlehem) also went to New Orleans just to check out
the cemeteries. Even went to Kansas City, Kearney MO and over to Coffeyville KS
to find the graves of Frank/Jesse James, The Youngers and the Daltons.
I have pictures posted at the following site if anyone is interested.
http://mistressvampy.deviantart.com/
Looking forward to browsing the group when I have a bit more time.
Kelly
> The mausoleum in Harrisburg, Illinois's big historic cemetery is endangered.
>
> I plan to visit next week, and this mausoleum is now one of my top priorities:
Alas, I didn't make it there.
I drove to Louisville KY to participate in an investigation of a haunted site
with the Ghost Research Society: the Waverly Hills Sanitorium. It was my
intention to explore Southeast Illinois graveyards before and after.
Unfortunately, the universe intervened in two different ways: heavy storms
were forecast for the region on the two days before my appointment at Waverly;
and two days before a trip I was suddenly struck down with a cold.
I was so congested and headache-stricken that I took an extra day to drive
to Louisville, splitting the six-hour drive in two and staying the night
between in Indianapolis. I was well enough to participate in the haunted
hospital walk-through as planned, and departed Louisville on Saturday morning.
I drove east through Southern Indiana, stopping at the Lincoln historic
sites there (did you know that Mr. Lincoln worked as a cemetery sexton in
his youth, in the small churchyard where his sister is buried? How fascinating,
to walk over graves that had been dug by the most revered American of all time,
and to photograph monuments that he may have himself set in place.)
In Gallatin County Illinois is the Old Slave House - a country mansion belonging
to John Hart Crenshaw, who kidnapped free Blacks, forced them to work his salt
mines, and sold them back into slavery in Kentucky. The house is on state land,
and none may trespass, but I saw it from the road; and I found Crenshaw's grave
about a mile north.
Aside from the slaveholder Crenshaw, I visited a few graveyards near
Shawneetown,
McLeansboro, and Carmi, where there were Senators and a governor buried; but
then
drove home, cutting short my trip, as I was still somewhat congested and low
in energy.
What was *really* annoying was that, on the day I had departed to start the
trip,
I'd been feeling so poorly that I didn't take the time to pack properly; all the
maps of the region that I had carefully printed remained on my desk at home. I
even stopped at a public library to look at my own web site and print a few
lists
at one point... so my trip was also cut short due to my failure to adequately
prepare.
--
Matt Hucke (hucke@...), programmer.
author, Graveyards of Illinois - http://graveyards.com/
CYNICO.NET - hosting from $8.33/month; domains $13 - http://cynico.net/
It's basically the Tri-State Crematorium situation again:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/07/sheriff-bodies-dug-up-dumped-at-cemet\
ery.html
Burr Oak is a flat-marker cemetery on the south side of Chicago, and the area's
first cemetery created specifically for African-Americans.
I visited in '03; the manager and her husband gave me a tour, focusing on
historic
burial sites like Emmett Till (the teenager lynched in Mississippi in the 1950s
for whistling at a white woman) and blues musicians.
The manager I spoke to then left soon after, and was not named at
all in this indictment. That's a bit of a relief; she and her husband were
very proud of their cemetery, and I can't see them being involved in
something like this.
--
Matt Hucke (hucke@...), programmer.
author, Graveyards of Illinois - http://graveyards.com/
CYNICO.NET - hosting from $8.33/month; domains $13 - http://cynico.net/
Hi Matt,. . . . . .Have the Houston Book 'almost' ready for print. . . .it will be $25.00. . . .someone in your group wanted one. . .have the conch shells on two pages. . . .Lessley Cemetery is there. . . .
Peggy Fitzpatrick
From: Matt Hucke <hucke@...> To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:06:29 PM Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Burr Oak Cemetery
It's basically the Tri-State Crematorium situation again:
Burr Oak is a flat-marker cemetery on the south side of Chicago, and the area's first cemetery created specifically for African-Americans.
I visited in '03; the manager and her husband gave me a tour, focusing on historic burial sites like Emmett Till (the teenager lynched in Mississippi in the 1950s for whistling at a white woman) and blues musicians.
The manager I spoke to then left soon after, and was not named at all in this indictment. That's a bit of a relief; she and her husband were very proud of their cemetery, and I can't see them being involved in something like this.
I live in NW Wisconsin and have been fascinated by old gravestones for quite
sometime, but just recently became interested in historic preservation of
cemeteries. I've been doing a lot of reading on the subject, and have found some
great websites.
Touring the mostly tiny, rural cemeteries around here, I've found that all have
well-cared-for grounds and are neat as a pin (and still being used), with the
older stones from early pioneers who settled here around 1880 or so. (The
earliest birthdate I've found for someone has been 1815.) The inscriptions are
usually in Norwegian and Swedish; having had a couple of "Conversational
Norwegian" classes in the distant past is not helping me translate!
The city of Rice Lake is about an hour drive from my house and contains several
great examples of "tree trunk" headstones, which I hope to photograph soon.
Another very small rural cemetery that may be of interest to some is called the
Orange Lakeside Cemetery near Webster, WI. It contains the graves of Laura
Ingalls Wilder's paternal grandparents and other family. Unfortunately, it
appears that their old gravestones (if they were there) have been replaced by
newer granite markers. The only old headstone is for Hiram Ingalls - "Pa"
(Charles) Ingalls younger brother. Like all the cemeteries around here, it is in
a very peaceful setting, with some huge old trees growing amongst the graves.
Anybody in this neck of the woods who would be interested in exploring
cemeteries with me, please send a message!
Merilee
near Frederic, WI
Merilee, I sure wish I could go with you. I live in Knox co., IL and grew up watching Laura Ingalls on the TV and would love to see the country I guess i saw on tv. I don't know why but I always thought they were from a southern state but then the winters when i THINK back about it would jive with that. Little Joe Cartwright and can't think of his correct name at the moment played the part. what find and to live so close to so much history. it's all around us everywhere. and I can't wait to get back to mine. happy days. maybe someday I'll visit the place and see the real Ingalls. Foxie Foxie Hagerty
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--- On Tue, 8/4/09, wisylkie <mthor2008@...> wrote:
From: wisylkie <mthor2008@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Greetings from a new member To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:26 PM
I live in NW Wisconsin and have been fascinated by old gravestones for quite sometime, but just recently became interested in historic preservation of cemeteries. I've been doing a lot of reading on the subject, and have found some great websites.
Touring the mostly tiny, rural cemeteries around here, I've found that all have well-cared-for grounds and are neat as a pin (and still being used), with the older stones from early pioneers who settled here around 1880 or so. (The earliest birthdate I've found for someone has been 1815.) The inscriptions are usually in Norwegian and Swedish; having had a couple of "Conversational Norwegian" classes in the distant past is not helping me translate!
The city of Rice Lake is about an hour drive from my house and contains several great examples of "tree trunk" headstones, which I hope to photograph soon. Another very small rural cemetery that may be of interest to some is called the Orange Lakeside Cemetery near Webster, WI. It contains the graves of Laura Ingalls Wilder's paternal grandparents and other family. Unfortunately, it appears that their old gravestones (if they were there) have been replaced by newer granite markers. The only old headstone is for Hiram Ingalls - "Pa" (Charles) Ingalls younger brother. Like all the cemeteries around here, it is in a very peaceful setting, with some huge old trees growing amongst the graves.
Anybody in this neck of the woods who would be interested in exploring cemeteries with me, please send a message!
Hi Foxie,
Even though Laura Ingalls' paternal grandparents remained in NW Wis., Charles
Ingalls had "itchy feet" {the way Laura put it), and they moved first to the
Pepin, WI area [Little House in the Big Woods} and then to Walnut Grove, MN
[Little House on the Prairie] and later, to South Dakota. So the TV series was
supposed to be taking place in the rolling, open and expansive prairies of
southern Minnesota, but was actually filmed in California, and some of the
episodes actually showed mountains! And, Michael ("Little Joe") Landon did not
look anything like "Pa"!!! :-) We enjoyed the series, too, inspite of the
discrepencies.
Merilee
Anybody know where Laura Ingalls baby brother is buried? I can't remember if she
told or not...or if he has a headstone..that would be interesting to see...
I love this group!
Sarah
>
All this talk about Laura Ingalls has me gigging through my stuff. I am in possession of some manuscripts of two sisters' diaries from the mid-late 1800s in Minnesota as they grew up to maturity. They are real diaries and not "fictionalized" as Rose is said to have done to Laura's account. And they contain some adult content because, well, they grew up. FASCINATING stuff. I was going to publish them but, alas, they didn't die until the late '30s and '40s and so the death + 70 whatever years copyright thing has not yet kicked in. But it gave me a real sense of the constant death and matter-of-fact marriage that went on. Oh well, rambled enough. Tracy
I have a friend who might be able to translate anything in Swedish....I'm not
sure if she knows Norwegian.
Carol
--- In MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com, "wisylkie" <mthor2008@...> wrote:
>
> I live in NW Wisconsin and have been fascinated by old gravestones for quite
sometime, but just recently became interested in historic preservation of
cemeteries. I've been doing a lot of reading on the subject, and have found some
great websites.
>
> Touring the mostly tiny, rural cemeteries around here, I've found that all
have well-cared-for grounds and are neat as a pin (and still being used), with
the older stones from early pioneers who settled here around 1880 or so. (The
earliest birthdate I've found for someone has been 1815.) The inscriptions are
usually in Norwegian and Swedish; having had a couple of "Conversational
Norwegian" classes in the distant past is not helping me translate!
>
> The city of Rice Lake is about an hour drive from my house and contains
several great examples of "tree trunk" headstones, which I hope to photograph
soon. Another very small rural cemetery that may be of interest to some is
called the Orange Lakeside Cemetery near Webster, WI. It contains the graves of
Laura Ingalls Wilder's paternal grandparents and other family. Unfortunately, it
appears that their old gravestones (if they were there) have been replaced by
newer granite markers. The only old headstone is for Hiram Ingalls - "Pa"
(Charles) Ingalls younger brother. Like all the cemeteries around here, it is in
a very peaceful setting, with some huge old trees growing amongst the graves.
>
> Anybody in this neck of the woods who would be interested in exploring
cemeteries with me, please send a message!
>
> Merilee
> near Frederic, WI
>
Tracy, I thought "Little House on the Prairie" was based on true stories? I have no idea. I just grew up watching the show and reading the books. you might be able to publish the one in the 1930's if you want it had the 50 year on the copyright not for sure on the 1940 or when that did go into affect but think the 70 year comes in later. can't remember off the top of my head.
i surely enjoy reading old letters my grandmother wrote and when my parents passed a couple of years ago I was hoping to get more of them but alas my sister stole them all and then had them destroyed. what a waste. Foxie Foxie Hagerty 1635 Sherwood Road Dahinda, IL 61428 Phone: 309-337-5530 Vice-Pres Knox Co Genealogical Society Warren Co. Historical Society Lucretia Leffingwell Chapter, NSDAR Mary Todd Lincoln Tent
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--- On Fri, 8/7/09, Tracy St Claire <tasaint@...> wrote:
From: Tracy St Claire
<tasaint@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Laura Ingalls WAS Re: Greetings from a new member To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 9:07 AM
All this talk about Laura Ingalls has me gigging through my stuff. I am in possession of some manuscripts of two sisters' diaries from the mid-late 1800s in Minnesota as they grew up to maturity. They are real diaries and not "fictionalized" as Rose is said to have done to Laura's account. And they contain some adult content because, well, they grew up. FASCINATING stuff. I was going to publish them but, alas, they didn't die until the late '30s and '40s and so the death + 70 whatever years copyright thing has not yet kicked in. But it gave me a real sense of the constant death and matter-of-fact marriage that went on. Oh well, rambled enough. Tracy
Hey, are you related to them? will have to watch some of the reruns they have on cable channels now. also if you can could you send me a photo of one of the tombstones>? I'd love to see it. Hollywood is Hollywood!! Look at
"Bonanza"
I liked watching these old shows but what children are watching today is something else. happy days. Foxie
Foxie Hagerty 1635 Sherwood Road Dahinda, IL 61428 Phone: 309-337-5530 Vice-Pres Knox Co Genealogical Society Warren Co. Historical Society Lucretia Leffingwell Chapter, NSDAR Mary Todd Lincoln Tent #48
--- On Fri, 8/7/09, wisylkie <mthor2008@...> wrote:
From: wisylkie <mthor2008@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Re: Greetings from a new member To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 8:36 AM
Hi Foxie,
Even though Laura Ingalls' paternal grandparents remained in NW Wis., Charles Ingalls had "itchy feet" {the way Laura put it), and they moved first to the Pepin, WI area [Little House in the Big Woods} and then to Walnut Grove, MN [Little House on the Prairie] and later, to South Dakota. So the TV series was supposed to be taking place in the rolling, open and expansive prairies of southern Minnesota, but was actually filmed in California, and some of the episodes actually showed mountains! And, Michael ("Little Joe") Landon did not look anything like "Pa"!!! :-) We enjoyed the series, too, inspite of the discrepencies.
Hi again,
To answer your question - No, I'm not related to the Ingalls. But we do have a
local doctor who is Laura's great-grand nephew. He's an occasional contributor
to a "Community Voices" column of our local newspaper, so maybe has inherited a
writing gene from his famous aunt.
When I figure out how to work my new printer/scanner, I will definitely post
some photos I've taken from my cemetery explorations. Haven't yet entered the
digital age as far as cameras go; too fond of my old 35mm Minolta that takes
such great photos!
Merilee
Got a note in the mail from the Chicago Genealogical Society that this new book
is available:
* NEW Chicago Cemetery Records 1847-1863: sexton's reports and certificates,
treasurer receipts, deeds, and undertakers' reports. (hardcover) 296 p.
Between 1842 and 1866 the city of Chicago owned and operated the Chicago City
Cemetery near Clark Street and North Avenue, now the site of Lincoln Park. The
sale of lots was a major revenue source for the city. Monthly reports were filed
with the Committee on Wharves & Public Grounds. These reports included the
amount of the sale, the purchaser, and the location of the lot. Undertakers were
required to file reports in 1863. Among the information in these reports was the
name of the decedent, the day of death, age, residence, cause of death, and
place of birth. This publication includes transcriptions of the records, maps,
an index of names, Oak Woods Cemetery removals, and old Catholic cemetery
records.
ITEM CODE: A PRICE: $50.00
Other books they have include:
* Cemetery at Altenheim, Forest Park Illinois.
This is a tombstone reading of The Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery
located in Proviso Township in Cook County. It is arranged by burial location
with an alphabetical index. 20 p.
ITEM CODE: J PRICE: $3.00
* Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago Illinois: Burials.
This ethnic cemetery is located in Jefferson Township in Cook County. Volumes
1-5 contain information extracted from the burial registers: age, death date,
place of death, grave location, undertaker, and if the coroner was the attending
physician. Volume 6 indexes all five volumes alphabetically, as well as by grave
location.
* Union Ridge Cemetery, Chicago Illinois.
This cemetery is located on the northwest side of Chicago in Norwood Park
Township in Cook County. This book is a tombstone reading, and is arranged by
burial location with an alphabetical index. It includes maps, photos of some
tombstones, and tells the early history of Norwood Park and the cemetery. It
also lists the Civil War burials in this cemetery, and the early settlers of
Cook County. 160 p.
ITEM CODE: M PRICE: $10.00
See http://www.chicagogenealogy.org/books.html for more info.
Alan
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Foxie has invited you to the event 'AIC-Workshop @Waldheim Cemetery' on IllinoisSavingGraves!
This should be very helpful Workshop. You have 2 go to Blog on the website to get printable registration forms. Thanks for reading and happy days
Time: October 22, 2009 from 10:30am to 3pm Location: Waldheim Cemetery Co., Forest Park, IL Organized By: AIC===Alliance of Illinois Cemeterians
Event Description: Earn 3 hours of Illinois Funeral Director & Embalmer Continuing Education credits through Attendance at this Workshop.
Uploaded the Acrobat reader forms for event image see if this will work if not have to think of something else. I'm hoping to attend this.
That didn't work so put it in the blog where you can upload other types of files bsides just photos. to the blog post for AIC-Workshop @Waldheim Cemetery goes with this event It's the registration form
I hope to attend but not for certain. As this fall has proven to be a very busy fall as usual.
Thanks for reading this
Foxie
See more details and RSVP on IllinoisSavingGraves:
From: Foxie <toy_fox@...> Subject: [ilsavinggraves] Urgent!!! Call your congressman today for tomorrow shall be tooo LATE!! To: ilsavinggraves@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:14 AM
Hello Every one..... Act today 4 tomorrow shall be too late!!!!! We need your help!!
The attachment is proposed legislation that is intended to amend SB 1471. It is the intent to try to pass this bill during the last three days of the Illinois veto session; the remaining days of veto session are October 28, 29 30, 2009. The Governor, the Comptroller and the Speaker are trying to enact a bill in response to the horrific incident at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. This legislation will effect the operation of each and every cemetery in Illinois. The time to act is NOW. You must contact your legislators Monday and Tuesday and inform them that you are opposed to this bill. Explain that this legislation is too important to try to push through without the opportunity for every cemetery to be made aware and have an opportunity to respond. If you are not comfortable calling your legislators then please take your business cards and on the back write "Oppose SB 1471." Mail these business cards to all of your legislators. You must act
immediately. Next week will be too late.
Please read the attached bill.
Click on the link below to open the proposed bill to read. Thanks for your help and cooperation in this urgent matter.
Foxie Hagerty
IllinoisSavingGrave s.com
cemeteryoversight. pdf
seeing if this will go through or have to add the attachment so may come through twice. Please don't ignore this bill will effect everyone who does anything in a cemetery. Thanks for your help
they want to liscense all workers in Cemeteries andinsure them ..Our Township can't afford that as many others can't either
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Foxie Hagerty <toy_fox@...> wrote:
From: Foxie Hagerty <toy_fox@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Fw: [ilsavinggraves] Urgent!!! Call your congressman today for tomorrow shall be tooo LATE!! To: "midwestcemeteries mailinglist" <MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:31 AM
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Foxie <toy_fox@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Foxie <toy_fox@yahoo. com> Subject: [ilsavinggraves] Urgent!!! Call your congressman today for tomorrow shall be tooo LATE!! To: ilsavinggraves@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:14 AM
Hello Every one..... Act today 4 tomorrow shall be too late!!!!! We need your help!!
The attachment is proposed legislation that is intended to amend SB 1471. It is the intent to try to pass this bill during the last three days of the Illinois veto session; the remaining days of veto session are October 28, 29 30, 2009. The Governor, the Comptroller and the Speaker are trying to enact a bill in response to the horrific incident at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. This legislation will effect the operation of each and every cemetery in Illinois. The time to act is NOW. You must contact your legislators Monday and Tuesday and inform them that you are opposed to this bill. Explain that this legislation is too important to try to push through without the opportunity for every cemetery to be made aware and have an opportunity to respond. If you are not comfortable calling your legislators then please take your business cards and on the back
write "Oppose SB 1471." Mail these business cards to all of your legislators. You must act immediately. Next week will be too late. Please read the attached bill. Click on the link below to open the proposed bill to read. Thanks for your help and cooperation in this urgent matter. Foxie Hagerty IllinoisSavingGrave s.com
cemeteryoversight. pdf
seeing if this will go through or have to add the attachment so may come through twice. Please don't ignore this bill will effect everyone who does anything in a cemetery. Thanks for your help
Just wanted to let everyone know about my website:
http://www.urnnews.com/index.html
I have a great selection of handmade cremation urns.
Thank you, Matt
don't know about licensing but insurance will avoid you who are responsible for the cemeteries from being personally liable in case of some problem. who is actual employer? cemetery assn? county? see if they are already covered by your liability insurance which [protects .against people stepping in holes, tripping over tstone, etc. premium may not be that high if entire county gets under one policy. licensing may require person to have own insurance.. i don't sell insurance but bookkeep for a non profit in iowa & know lst thought is how expensive as we were recently forced to take flood insurance. if you contract work to someone insurance for workers would be his responsibility. ditto licensing.
In a message dated 10/27/2009 9:01:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, jim247@... writes:
they want to liscense all workers in Cemeteries andinsure them ..Our Township can't afford that as many others can't either
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Foxie Hagerty <toy_fox@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Foxie Hagerty <toy_fox@yahoo.com> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Fw: [ilsavinggraves] Urgent!!! Call your congressman today for tomorrow shall be tooo LATE!! To: "midwestcemeteries mailinglist" <MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:31 AM
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Foxie <toy_fox@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Foxie <toy_fox@yahoo. com> Subject: [ilsavinggraves] Urgent!!! Call your congressman today for tomorrow shall be tooo LATE!! To: ilsavinggraves@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 8:14 AM
Hello Every one..... Act today 4 tomorrow shall be too late!!!!! We need your help!!
The attachment is proposed legislation that is intended to amend SB 1471. It is the intent to try to pass this bill during the last three days of the Illinois veto session; the remaining days of veto session are October 28, 29 30, 2009. The Governor, the Comptroller and the Speaker are trying to enact a bill in response to the horrific incident at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. This legislation will effect the operation of each and every cemetery in Illinois. The time to act is NOW. You must contact your legislators Monday and Tuesday and inform them that you are opposed to this bill. Explain that this legislation is too important to try to push through without the opportunity for every cemetery to be made aware and have an opportunity to respond. If you are not comfortable calling your legislators then please take your business cards and on the back write "Oppose SB 1471." Mail these business cards to all of your legislators. You must act immediately. Next week will be too late. Please read the attached bill. Click on the link below to open the proposed bill to read. Thanks for your help and cooperation in this urgent matter. Foxie Hagerty IllinoisSavingGrave s.com
cemeteryoversight. pdf
seeing if this will go through or have to add the attachment so may come through twice. Please don't ignore this bill will effect everyone who does anything in a cemetery. Thanks for your help
I have been working on several cemetery projects. I have information on:
Prairie Home Cemetery, Butler Twp., Sanborn Co., SD, aka the Bulter Cemetery.
(not complete) this information was from an old set of records a member of the
broad had. There are also unmarked graves and grave that haven't been on the
books for years.
Saint Scholastica Cemetery, Letcher, SD
West Lawn Cemetery, Letcher, SD
St. Scholastica and West Lawn are in the same location north of the information
booth this St. Scholastica and south is the West Lawn.
I helped with getting the information into a data base for the Letcher
cemeteries plus I have been adding obits published in the Sanborn Weekly Journal
for area families.
It is surprising to realise that there is no complete record of burials for the
town cemetery. The one church has been closed for a number of years, the burial
maps were old but a fellow genealogy buff did her best to make an updated map on
the known grave locations.
I do best at researching.
I just start a group. SanbornCoSDGenealogy@yahoogroups.com in hopes of finding
other interesting in the area's genealogy, cemeteries and history.
Virginia