Hey all! I’d like to share a tale of mine from a few weeks ago. I’ve been on a few years long hunt for my 2nd great grandmother and I thinking I’m finally starting to narrow down where she was buried at and who she was. Anyways, I had gotten a tip from another relative of mine who does genealogy and went to look in this local cemetery. Around my area, cemeteries with stones going back over 150-200 years ago are quite common, and as a freelance headstone cleaner, I’ve seen quite a lot in my area. The one I went to was on the side of a hill, so it wasn’t the easiest to get up, but it had dozens of headstones. After searching for a while, I was unable to find the particular headstone I was looking for. I did, however, find some of my other relatives who I had no idea were buried up there.
After I got back, I went to update the cemetery’s Find a Grave page because it had no photograph of the sign. While doing this, I found another cemetery nearby, which I believe has the stone I’m looking for. When I get a chance, I’ll go and look, and I’ll update the community if I have any luck.
Looking for one and finding others, funny!
Are these small cemeteries in your area? I surmise that your family must be local if you’re able to find multiple relatives in short distance from your place
Yep! My family has been in this area since around 1700 as far as I can tell. There’s at least 5 or 6 cemeteries near by that either are [my last name] cemetery or have family members buried in them