Hello, everyone If you've visited TheCemeteryClub.com since last week, you've seen some of the damage that was done to one of the oldest (1855) and most...
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Minda
poetrychick_99
Aug 4, 2008 8:00 pm
Chippiannock got 42% of the votes in the poll! Thank you to everyone who voted for the cemetery to get the replacement trees after the big storm took out...
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Minda
poetrychick_99
Sep 1, 2008 12:11 am
It's done! It's done! I'm so thrilled! "Translating Tombstones" is my newest book, and it's all about cemetery symbolism. It's filled with photos of amazing...
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adgorn1
Sep 20, 2008 4:25 pm
I happened to trip on the following websites so I'm posting just in case anyone is interested: Long Lost Cemetery Map Found ...
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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Sep 24, 2008 1:14 am
I'm midway through a Southern Illinois graveyard expedition, writing this from a dialup connection at my parents' house near St. Louis. Since saturday, I've...
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md9105@...
md9105
Sep 24, 2008 3:18 am
Matt, I would be glad to talk to the gentleman about assessing the condition of the stone and possible restoration. I will be in the DeKalb,IL area next week. ...
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Foxie Hagerty
toy_fox
Sep 24, 2008 9:55 pm
I envy you Matt, Wish I was on that kind of trip right now. but am sitting at home trying to get other people's photos on Illinois Saving graves web site plus,...
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vickie0213@...
vickie0213
Sep 25, 2008 12:28 pm
Im trying to locate the cemetery where my relatives are buried.There names are Jane Spearin d 7-2-1950 in Kanakee Il and her husband C. Frank Spearin d ...
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Tracy St Claire
allisterbino
Sep 26, 2008 12:55 am
Your best bet is to obtain their death certificates from the State of Illinois. They are both indexed: SPEARIN C FRANK M/W UNK 6032809...
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Ella Jay
ella_jay_sings
Sep 27, 2008 1:15 pm
As part of a project for a small cemetery in Missouri where Daniel Boone is/was buried and neighboring farmland, I am looking into slave history including...
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FOXIE
toy_fox
Oct 1, 2008 11:57 am
Fellow researchers; It was called to my attention by a very nice woman who lives in Elmore and whom I met through my daughter's & mine sheep escapades., took...
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Foxie
toy_fox
Oct 17, 2008 2:07 pm
IllinoisSavingGraves: Our Motto "PreservingIllinoisGravesOne@Grave@Time!!!" Help us Help YOU! ... Hope got mailing lists out & to let you know what's going on...
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killa0038
Oct 17, 2008 4:41 pm
Made my first visit to Bachelor's Grove yesterday (Oct 4th) and snapped about 90 pictures. I did some comparing to pictures from other websites and discovered...
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Tracy St Claire
allisterbino
Oct 17, 2008 6:12 pm
... http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=243349 Sale of abandoned cemetery could raise the dead Cemetery rich with settlers' history [10/17/08] The recent sale...
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vickie0213@...
vickie0213
Oct 18, 2008 2:58 pm
Im curious which stone you found **************BUY Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD today! ...
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FOXIE
toy_fox
Oct 18, 2008 3:36 pm
I'd be interested plus, am interested in going to this cemetery. I was suppose to there but haven't gotten there as yet to date. Foxie Foxie Hagerty 1635...
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FOXIE
toy_fox
Oct 18, 2008 3:36 pm
I'd be interested plus, am interested in going to this cemetery. I was suppose to there but haven't gotten there as yet to date. Foxie Foxie Hagerty 1635...
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killa0038
Oct 23, 2008 2:32 am
... on DVD ... redir=http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html) ... The Sterling stone is located to the left of the Fulton stone...I haven't found it in any...
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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Oct 27, 2008 3:57 pm
... Yes, it certainly looks like that monument was recently repaired. In 1996 it was just the base, and it looked like the vertical part was snapped off: ...
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Minda
poetrychick_99
Oct 28, 2008 9:57 pm
Dear friends, *Sigh* I suppose it had to happen eventually--the prices of printing Epitaphs Magazine have gone up. This, of course, means that the cost of the...
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allisterbino
Nov 5, 2008 4:44 pm
I was in Dixon (Illinois) a few days ago and checked up on the Dixon Developmental Center Cemetery. Dixon Developmental Center had many names during its time...
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Dixie
autumnzenith
Nov 5, 2008 10:00 pm
Tracy, where is the cemetery located in Dixon, and is it overgrown? I work with many people who started out at Dixon State home years ago and I would like to...
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Tracy St Claire
allisterbino
Nov 5, 2008 10:53 pm
The cemetery is not all overgrown, just the most recent markers. The cemetery appears to be mowed but not professionally maintained -- I see this at other...
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rivycat@...
rivycat
Nov 6, 2008 12:05 am
My husband's great-aunt was institutionalized at the Dixon State "Hospital"; after her mother died in 1926. Minnie Pankow lived there for almost 18 years ...
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FOXIE
toy_fox
Nov 6, 2008 12:15 pm
Hey is anyone out there familiar with St. John's Lutheran Cemetery on IL State route 127 and 177 it's on the cross roads of these two routes. it is by the...
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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Nov 7, 2008 9:28 pm
... I explored it, briefly, as part of my week-long Southern Illinois expedition about a month ago. It wasn't one of my primary targets, but it's on the road...
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Minda Powers-Douglas
poetrychick_99
Nov 10, 2008 3:18 pm
Calling all cemetery bloggers! If you have a blog, send me your URL and a brief description of what you blog about. I'm working on a page of blog links as well...
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jordanjoe55
Nov 14, 2008 10:33 pm
Looking for info on Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery of Valley Park, MO. Was traditionally an African-American cemetery and may have been originally a...
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Ella Jay
ella_jay_sings
Nov 15, 2008 4:20 am
... Park, ... I have started researching African-American heritage in east central Missouri, emphasis on Franklin, Warren, and Gasconade Counties (not an easy...
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Diane
pretty_pixie60
Nov 16, 2008 11:32 pm
This is the first time I've replied to anyone, so I hope I'm doing it right. I live in Ballwin, MO, which is right next to Valley Park, both of which are in...
