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Hi, You can see a list of my groups on Grouply at the link below. Maybe you'll find some you want to join. pamela Here's the link: ...
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Mar 1, 2009
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IllinoisSavingGraves: Our Motto "PreservingIllinoisGravesOne@Grave@Time!!!" Help us Help YOU! Foxie has invited you to the event 'Illinois State Genealogical...
Foxie
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Mar 2, 2009
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Hello all. I am doing some reseach into the wreck of the steamship Lady Elgin, which sank in Lake Michigan off of Winnetka, Illinois, in 1860. A couple...
superior1980
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Mar 7, 2009
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Try Going to Graveyards.com ..you might find something there. or write to ... From: superior1980 <superior1980@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Mass...
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Try Going to Graveyards.com or write to toy_fox@... . She is into preserving Cemeteries . ... From: superior1980 <superior1980@...> Subject:...
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I sort of look for these around the Chicagoland area, and I wasn't aware of one in Winnetka. Since must of the passengers were from Milwaukee, and most of the...
Tracy St Claire
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Mar 7, 2009
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... I don't live very far from Winnetka - I can try to check it out for you...
Lynn
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Mar 7, 2009
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Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of...
Foxie Hagerty
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Mar 8, 2009
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Wow, I didn't expect the enthusiastic response that my post received. Thank you for the interest, and for those who are willing to have people look into this,...
superior1980
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Mar 8, 2009
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Why don't you give the Winnetka Historical Society a call.  See http://www.winnetkahistory.org/. Alan Gornik Trustee Western Springs Historical Society ...
Alan Gornik
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Mar 8, 2009
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This is what I have. (Not to sound like I don't have anything better to do -- I've been investigating the Cherry Mine disaster and why I can find so few...
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Mar 9, 2009
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I was told that I have a Great Uncle and Aunt buried in St. Boniface Cemetery  on Clark St ,in Chicago but that they couldn't find any surviors so they...
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Mar 9, 2009
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Have you posted this to interview_taphophile@yahoogroups.com? It's (my group) and the group for www.TheCemeteryClub.com. I believe someone in the group has...
Minda Powers-Douglas
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Mar 10, 2009
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No, I haven't, but I will. I didn't know about that group ; ) The 100th anniversary of this disaster is coming up in November. All bodies were eventually...
Tracy St Claire
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Mar 10, 2009
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Tracy, If you're interested, I would love to run an article about this in an upcoming issue of Epitaphs Magazine. Would you be interested in writing one? Let...
Minda Powers-Douglas
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Mar 10, 2009
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St. Bonafice is handled by Calvary in Evanston.  You could call them to find out at (847) 864-3050. Alan ********* From: jim247@sbcglobal. net...
Alan Gornik
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Mar 12, 2009
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thank You for the info , a phone call sure beats driving into chicago ... From: Alan Gornik <adgorn@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Re: Mass Grave...
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Mar 12, 2009
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yeah I'm a country bumpkin and I drove on the 330 expressway last summer. I just prayed I'd find my way out of there. i do not know hwo they do it. it was...
Foxie Hagerty
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Mar 12, 2009
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Hello again. I want to thank all of you for your replies and suggestions. They are all appreciated. But I especially need to thank the person who suggested...
superior1980
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Mar 12, 2009
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Jim: Many years ago, gravesites at St. Boniface and other cemeteries, including Bohemian National Cemetery were "term" graves. If the deceased's family...
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Thank you so much for that information .My relations were buried way out in back by the south east corner .I can just remember seeing their graves when I was...
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According to the Tribune, there was a fatal road accident today, in which a pickup truck rolled into Free Sons of Israel Cemetery (West Suburban Chicago),...
Matt Hucke
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Mar 16, 2009
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Did the crash happen at the Gate or where exactly? Must have broken the fence. Linda L ... From: Matt Hucke To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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Mar 16, 2009
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... They've updated the article to say the truck "plowed through a chain-link fence" and several "large headstones" were "completely destroyed". But it looks...
Matt Hucke
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Mar 16, 2009
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IF YOU GO TO THE JEWISH WALDHEIM CEMETERY WEB SIGHT THEY HAVE A LITTLE SECTION THAT GIVES A HISTORY.LIKE MOST PEOPLE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES THE JEWISH...
larry friedman
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Mar 16, 2009
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Darn it. I hate when monuments are destroyed. He better have insurance. I hope there are photos so perhaps they could have them duplicated? Course if the guy...
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Mar 16, 2009
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here it is: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/pickup-rolls-over-into-forest-park-cemetery.html ... -- hucke@... - http://www.graveyards.com It...
Matt Hucke
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Mar 16, 2009
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I just wanted to say that I feel bad also that someone died. But I just wish people would stop drinking and driving. So sad. Thanks for posting the link, Matt....
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Mar 16, 2009
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Hello, In two of our cemeteries we have a conch shell on the grave. We have no info that these two buried people are related? Do you have any info about these...
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Apr 5, 2009
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Peggy, Where are the cemeteries located? ... Hello, In two of our cemeteries we have a conch shell on the grave. We have no info that these two buried people...
Dixie
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