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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Foxie
toy_fox
Mar 2, 2009 5:32 pm
IllinoisSavingGraves: Our Motto "PreservingIllinoisGravesOne@Grave@Time!!!" Help us Help YOU! Foxie has invited you to the event 'Illinois State Genealogical...
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superior1980
Mar 7, 2009 3:04 pm
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...
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jim247@...
jim247...
Mar 7, 2009 5:53 pm
Try Going to Graveyards.com ..you might find something there. or write to ... From: superior1980 <superior1980@...> Subject: [MidwestCemeteries] Mass...
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jim247@...
jim247...
Mar 7, 2009 5:55 pm
Try Going to Graveyards.com or write to toy_fox@... . She is into preserving Cemeteries . ... From: superior1980 <superior1980@...> Subject:...
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Tracy St Claire
allisterbino
Mar 7, 2009 7:21 pm
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...
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Lynn
nyneone1
Mar 7, 2009 9:33 pm
... I don't live very far from Winnetka - I can try to check it out for you...
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Foxie Hagerty
toy_fox
Mar 8, 2009 2:27 am
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...
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superior1980
Mar 8, 2009 1:36 pm
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,...
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Alan Gornik
adgorn1
Mar 8, 2009 9:24 pm
Why don't you give the Winnetka Historical Society a call. See http://www.winnetkahistory.org/. Alan Gornik Trustee Western Springs Historical Society ...
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tasaint@...
allisterbino
Mar 9, 2009 4:24 pm
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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jim247@...
jim247...
Mar 9, 2009 6:25 pm
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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Minda Powers-Douglas
poetrychick_99
Mar 10, 2009 2:07 pm
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...
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Tracy St Claire
allisterbino
Mar 10, 2009 2:55 pm
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...
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Minda Powers-Douglas
poetrychick_99
Mar 10, 2009 4:28 pm
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...
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Alan Gornik
adgorn1
Mar 12, 2009 12:10 am
St. Bonafice is handled by Calvary in Evanston. You could call them to find out at (847) 864-3050. Alan ********* From: jim247@sbcglobal. net...
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jim247@...
jim247...
Mar 12, 2009 1:42 pm
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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Foxie Hagerty
toy_fox
Mar 12, 2009 1:49 pm
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...
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superior1980
Mar 12, 2009 11:04 pm
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...
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rivycat@...
rivycat
Mar 12, 2009 11:09 pm
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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jim247@...
jim247...
Mar 13, 2009 12:52 pm
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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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Mar 16, 2009 3:18 pm
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),...
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linda.lathrop @ yahoo...
linda.lathrop
Mar 16, 2009 3:43 pm
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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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Mar 16, 2009 8:11 pm
... 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...
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larry friedman
flarue
Mar 16, 2009 9:06 pm
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...
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linda.lathrop @ yahoo...
linda.lathrop
Mar 16, 2009 9:20 pm
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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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Mar 16, 2009 9:29 pm
here it is: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/pickup-rolls-over-into-forest-park-cemetery.html ... -- hucke@... - http://www.graveyards.com It...
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linda.lathrop @ yahoo...
linda.lathrop
Mar 16, 2009 9:42 pm
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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g1p2fitzp@...
g1p2fitzp...
Apr 5, 2009 9:20 pm
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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Dixie
autumnzenith
Apr 5, 2009 10:58 pm
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...
