Finding the Graves of Our Ancestors
Today, May 29th, is Memorial Day. In addition to honoring our fallen Military, many observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries to leave flowers for loved ones who have passed on. Memorial Day is also the perfect time to reconnect with your family heritage by visiting the graves of your ancestors. Although, it may not be possible to visit all the graves of your ancestors in person, you can visit virtually thanks to sites such as FindAGrave or BillionGraves. And, it is also possible to leave a flower🌼 or message🗉 on your ancestors' memorial page.
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| Bethel Cemetery, Ohio |
Much of my time researching family history has been spent searching, locating, and visiting the gravesites of my ancestors. I have visited cemeteries from Massachusetts in the east to Utah in the west, from Wisconsin in the north to Texas in the south, and many states in-between. Have also visited cemeteries in Denmark, Wales, Scotland, and England. While most gravesites are found in town, community, or church graveyards, some gravesites are in small private family cemeteries found in the middle of a field or in a grove of trees. Click here to read about finding John McNeil's grave.
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| Finding McNeil Cemetery 2009 |
Word of caution -- information posted on Find A Grave is user submitted, sometimes wrong, and is not a primary source except for showing a place of burial. While I have found mistakes on Find A Grave, I have also found a lot of valuable information that could not be found find elsewhere. Read about how Find A Grave solved a mystery about an unidentified photo, click here
Below are links to the Find A Grave memorial pages for many of our ancestors. May I suggest visiting a few of your ancestors' memorial pages and leaving a flower and/or message.🌻🌹🌼
Grandparents
- John S Martin
- Elizabeth Weiss Martin
- Charles B Wilson
- Minnie Hatfield Wilson
- Allen Baldwin
- Mary Stewart Baldwin
- Charles E Leffel
- Caldona Box Leffel
- Mathias Martin
- Maria Castner Martin
- Michael Weiss
- Anna Heim Weiss
- William B Wilson
- Mary Polly Huff Wilson
- Martin M Hatfield more info
- Nancy McNeil Hatfield
- Francis M Baldwin
- Mary Sadler Baldwin
- Henry Riley Stewart
- Bettie Medlin Stewart
- David Miller Leffel more info
- Susan E West Leffel
- Grief J Box
- Roenna Johnson Box
- James C Wilson more info
- Martha Ann Wilson more info
- Joseph Day Sr
- Rhoda Cock Day
- Martha Jay Hatfield more info
- William S McNeil
- Sarah Cole McNeil
- John McNeil more info
- Nathan Cole
- John Sadler more info
- Basheba Lindley Sadler more info
- Samuel W Lindley
- Elizabeth Whitley Lindley
- Harrison Stewart more info
- Sarah Brown Stewart more info
- Anthony Leffel more info
- Mary Miller Leffel more info
- Margaret Obenchain Leffel
- Frederick Miller
- Elizabeth Peery Miller
1 comment:
You have a lot of information on this blog. Wish I shared more ancestors with you. Thanks for all the links above for the graves of my Baldwin & Sadler families.
Debra
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