#Find a grave

[aliceaddsocks]

If Only….

Pioneer cemetery near Heritage Park in Fairfield/Colrain, Ohio. Blanking on the name of it. Out Find-A-Graving, Geocaching, and generally exploring.

#geocaching #treasure hunting #find a grave #cemetery #ghost hunting #Plant nerding

[packedwithpackards]

Reposted from Find a Grave, where I uploaded Bob's photo. Photo taken by Bob Mills in Jul. 1980. Originally shared on this blog in Nov. 2022.

#find a grave #cemeteries #gravestones #tombstones #landstrom #whitley #packard #packards #packard family #genealogy #family history #ancestry

[harley-the-pancake]

That cemetery special interest in rural south feeling

#graves #taphophile #find a grave

[mdickersonphoto]

🍂 Autumn in Ohio - cemetery edition! 🍂 Oberlin, Ohio

#Ohio #ohio cemetery #naturephotography #natureshots #clegram #cemetery #ohio autumn #autumn #aj graveyards #aj_graveyards #find a grave volunteer #find a grave contributor #find a grave #fall season #fall love #fall in ohio #mdickersonphotography #nikon photographers #nikon photography #nikon d7000 #graveyard shots #graveyard beauty

[accuratepicuresofanthropologists]

Edward Sapir's grave, via Find A Grave.

#Edward Sapir #Find A Grave

[thegalleryobscura]

William Crockett

📷 Alyse Small

Newton-Cole-Jones Cemetery

Near Eckerty, Indiana

Coroners Inquest

State of Indiana Crawford county SS

Notice is hereby given that I the undersigned coroner of the county of Crawford state of Indiana was called on the 24th day of June 1893 to view and hold an inquest over the dead body of William Crockett a male citizen of Crawford County Indiana and I examined the following witnesses to wit: Mrs. Crockett and Pearl Crockett and George S Graves, Sherman h. Jones, John Vanclever, Fred Miller and I found by the testimony of the above witnesses that the said WIlliam Crockett came to his death by the disease of the heart that the deceased age 54 years after inquest i returned the body of the deceased together with property found on his person over to friends who took charge of the same.

William C Froman

Coroner of C.C.

*This William Crockett is the son of John Crockett and Nancy Smith, he was born in Six Mile Jennings Co Indiana. He fought in the Civil War at the battle of Chickamanga in Tenn.

*He was a Pvt Co. B 82nd Regt. Ind. Inf. Vol.

*Entry 4 Dec 1862 Corporal: reduced to Pvt. 4 Jan 1865

*Injured in service Jul 1864 Ga and at Chickamanga 1865.

*His first wife was Sarah Meek of Jennings Co Indiana. They were married 13 Nov 1860 and divorced March 1866. To them were born Charles, Mary, Lucy, and Kate

*His second wife was Ellen Fitzgerald Chasteen on 22 Sept 1866 Jennings Co Indiana and divorced 5 April 1871 Jennings Co Indiana. To them one daughter was born, Victoria Crockett later adopted by her stepfather.

*His third wife was Jane McFarland whom he married in 1883 Crawford Co Indiana. They did have children but as of now it is unclear exactly which are his from Crawford Co.

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #indiana #midwest #midwest gothic #find a grave

[millingroundireland]

Chaos erupts: Where was John Mills buried after all?

On this blog, I have accepted that John R. Mills was buried in Chester Cemetery in Chester, Orange County, New York. I was not the one that put this in his bio, but rather put in by information from a previous researcher. When I requested a new photo of John's gravestone (and that of his wife Margaret) the first message I got from Gary Allen was "Walked entire cemetary and could not locate a readable gravestone for this person Aug. 23, 2018." He has still not found a readable marker of Margaret there. A few days later, Gary included two better photos of the stone, which showed a John Mills who was 88 years old, but dying on October 19, 1852. In the caption below the photos, which I have put below, Allen wrote "this was the only John Mills headstone that I found in the Chester Cemetary but death date is 1852 not the date you indicated." Later he told me on Find A Grave that "I did walk the entire Chester Cemetery and this was the only Mills that I found. There are quite a few unreadable gravestones." After I sent a message to him, he told me: "I know the problem, I have been doing my genealogy for 40 years & have been misdirected a number of times. Good Luck." That's a sentiment I can definitely agree with!

This is a problem. It means that John was buried somewhere else (with the John Mills shown above being someone different entirely), as was his wife Margaret, perhaps indicating research which was not as complete as it could have been. As such, I sent the following email to Find A Grave ([email protected]) on August 25th, titled "Requesting deletion of two Find A Grave entries," requesting to delete the following entries for John R. Mills and Margaret Ann Mills, noting that the person who managed them "is no longer living." I further added that "as such, I cannot make any edits or changes (I did submit some, but never heard back)" and that "the photos to the entry of John Rand Mills and Margaret Ann Bibby Mills will be re-uploaded to new entries which I will re-create as new entries as soon as you have let me know that the above two entries have been deleted. I don't want to make duplicate entries as I have got in trouble for that in the past on here, but has usually worked itself out."

Later, I sent a follow-up email to three emails, not just one ([email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]), telling these Find a Grave administrators, that "I discovered today that someone has already created an entry for the other John Mills. So, there is no need for me to create a new entry for that fellow. I request, once again, that you delete the entries for John Rand Mills and Margaret Ann Bibby Mills, as the two entries have incorrect information (the gravestone photos are not for the correct John Mills) which cannot be corrected by those managing the entry." I further added that "as soon as you have let me know that the entries have been deleted, I will create new entries for John Rand Mills and Margaret Ann Bibby, placing them as buried in Pottersville New Cemetery (since their children are buried there), then asking for a photo of of their graves." Two days later, I was granted membership rights over John and Margaret's Find a Grave entries, which I'll talk about more in a future post.

This post was originally published on WordPress in March 2019.

Beyond the email, I was a bit afraid this would be the case. Back in April of last year I wrote that:

In 1876, John Mills died in Minerva, Essex County, New York, apparently while he continued his job as a miller. He was buried in Chester, Orange County, New York. This seems strange because it is 142 miles away from Glens Falls and 173 miles from Minerva, John’s last confirmed residence. I have contacted appropriate historical societies in hopes of gathering information on this topic. However, it is possible that Mills family members were living in that area of New York, or even Bibby family members since his wife Margaret was buried there. Perhaps she was going on a trip to visit her cousins or even her parents. We don’t know exactly but can only make historical suppositions.

So, if John wasn't buried in Orange County, New York, then where was he buried? Well, the best candidate is Pottersville New Cemetery where Joseph B. Mills, Dorothy "Dora" Ann Mills, and Margaret E. “Maggie” Mills were buried. We know that this cemetery is "east side of US Route 9" and sits in Pottersville, which is within the Town of Chester in Warren County, New York. It is also, apparently "quite a bit larger than the old" Pottersville Cemetery. What about the old cemetery? Well, we know that two Millses were buried there (Charles S. Mills, 1857-1859 and Freddie C. Mills, 1881-1883), which is confirmed by this transcription (also noted here), and that it is on the "west side of US Route 9." So, that is my guess for where he is buried, of the many cemeteries in the county. While I wasn't able to find Margaret or John here, I did find a map of where the cemetery apparently is:

We know that transcripts of those who were buried at the Pottersville Old Cemetery were handled by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1922:

Also Warren County has records of the two Pottersville Cemeteries (new and old) in their vaults:

We also know that an individual named Samuel Griswold was buried in a Pottersville Cemetery in 1872:

A cemetery in Pottersville was noted in a tour book for cars in 1918, about a person buried in an unmarked grave in Pottersville, and another buried in a Pottersville cemetery. Who knows, maybe both John and Margaret are buried in unmarked graves? Its not beyond question. After looking back at the photo of the New Pottersville Cemetery, it is clear that one of them has an exact address (7952 U.S. 9 Pottersville NY 12860) and that people began being buried there in 1863, actually making it a possible candidate for where John and Margaret were buried. It is also called the "Griswold Cemetery" as it was called in 1959, in 1961, in 1972, and in 2017:

So, the mystery continues!

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#cemeteries #cemetery #pottersville #millis #mills #mills family #genealogy #family history #mysteries #new york state #find a grave #findagrave #1922 #warren county #mystery

[sinterhinde]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113459297/george-dyer

Resting place of George Dyer (1934-1971)

City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Newham

#george dyer #70s #find a grave

[popculturegenealogy]

Find a Grave – It’s About Time.

I know this post is from back in March, but this an effort which everyone should support. Find A Grave should change their name!

originally posted on Aug. 8, 2020, with Becks Kobel's post here.

Find A Grave.

What a site. It landed on the genealogy scene in 1995 when Salt Lake City resident Jim Timpton built a genealogical database with his hobby of visiting celebrity gravestones. Since then, it has grown into a global database for many of the millions of dead from around the world.Anna N Daniloff — Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Members and non-members alike can sift through the multitudes of data and find information on their ancestors and view their finals resting places. Due to the interest in genealogy, per the increase in awareness of family history through companies like Ancestry and 23 & Me, more and more people are getting interested in their past and finding their ancestors.

With this increase in popularity, there are some parts of the genealogy world that haven’t moved into the future.

I’ve always loved Find a Grave, I’ve used it since my earliest days in researching my family as a teen, and have appreciated the community base of genealogists who dedicate their time to photographing not just their families, but thousands of others as well.

But there is one thing that has always bothered me about the site, it’s acronymic name that genealogists commonly use, FAG.

FAG

It may not be quickly apparent to some, but the word fag is one of a turbulent history in the LGBTQIA community. It has been used to harass, threaten, abuse and in many cases murder.

In the past few years, genealogy and the research into one’s family history have blossomed significantly with companies like Ancestry, 23 and Ancestry putting out genetic genealogy test commercials for the general public to see. With this, we as a community have introduced a great variety of people to our much loved and passionate field.

As we continue to evolve and change into an inclusive community of genealogists and death positive folks that range to your Great-Aunt Mary and your Harley-riding younger brother Zac — we all love this field.

Note: As of today, I received a comment on my blog that said the following

“There is a new RAOGK -Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness that was started and we will not tolerate the use of that acronym. We have a photo of the National archives building The old Please if you could make that distinction in the post, so the new group doesn’t get lambasted. “

The problem is, there are some that are refusing to acknowledge this issue. Earlier this week, noted genetic genealogist Blaine Bettinger asked the Facebook genealogy group RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) to stop using the term as shorthand. This one post has garnered over 247 comments and 8 shares.

I even posted something in the group this morning and it was swiftly deleted and within minutes of it being deleted, a member of the group ‘reached out’ (I use this word with several grains of salt) to me with the following:

This individual then proceeded to tell me that gay people aren’t offended by this acronym (hey, so, I’m gay, and I am) and that “It’s not being used in a derogatory way so I just don’t understand why it’s such an issue,” followed by “I think you’re a wee too sensitive.”

I’m just going to put it out there — that is privilege speaking. The term fag is a loaded term that comes with decades of violence, ignorance, and harassment. But, if I have to drag y’all kicking and screaming into the future — I will. This needs to change now.

Since we love so much, don’t you think we should take care of it? Include all the members of the community, no matter how different we are? So here is my proposal, let’s call it Find a Memorial (FAM). Why FAM?

#1: It is not an offensive acronym or term and solves that problem hands down

#2: It incorporates family (FAM) into the term, which what this is all about

#3: Memorial is a much more applicable term as by definition, the graveyard has been used specifically for those graveyards near churches or as the definition of it says: “a burial ground, especially one beside a church.”Using the word memorial will incorporate not only graveyards and cemeteries but can also incorporate more non-traditional memorials such as cremations, at sea burials, etc.

If you support me, sign below with your name (i.e. Becky K., 34, Bellingham, WA) below and tweet at @FindAGrave and @Ancestry to make this happen.

We, the undersigned petition Ancestry (the parent company to Find a Grave) to change the name of Find a Grave to Find a Memorial for the following reasons:

The acronym represents our field in a much more appropriate way

The new acronym and name represents all types of departures from this earth, not just graves (cremations, scattered ashes, etc.)

Find a Grave has always been a community-centered database and we all contribute from all the corners of the world. People of every gender, color, background, religion, sexuality, and type. Why not keep everyone together on this journey with a more inclusive name.

Names of Signatories

Becky K., 34 – Bellingham, Washington, USA

Stephany B. – Georgia, USA

Chris F. –  New Hampshire, USA

Kirsten Beyer – Illinois, USA

Hazel Scullin –  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Elizabeth Ludwig – Utah, USA

Miranda Carter – Utah, USA

Megan Fincher – California, USA

Mary Rohrer Dexter

Linda Dupuy

Laura Napl

Tawna L. – Meridian, Idaho, USA

Betty Dees, 62 –  Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Kelly Bembry –  Midura, Virginia, USA

Casey F. – Long Beach, California, USA

Diane B.

Linda Fradelis –  Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

Carolynn ni Lochlainn

Jenifer Kahn –  Bakkala, Massachusetts

Jan Pennington – England

Leslie Rieger –  Montana

Brenda Leyndyke – Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Anna C. Matthews –  Rockville Centre, New York, USA

Arlene F. – Michigan, USA

Deb

Sue J.

Erica Millar –  Ontario, Canada

Geoff Mulholland

Robin G.

Anna

Raymond R Hawkins

Rich M., 62,  – Medford, Oregon, USA

Charlotte N. – Utah, USA

Leah M. – Washington, USA

Dena R. –  Visalia, California, USA

Jordan MacVay – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Victoria Kolakowski – Oakland, California, USA

Rebecca Campbell –  Dallas, Texas

Miriam Robbins – Spokane, Washington, USA (Note left: User of FindAGrave for 18.5 yrs.)

Millicent Parsons – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Holly B. — Carnation, Washington, USA

Susan S.

Teresa Eckford – Sunshine Coast, Canada

Zoe Krainik – USA

Sarah Potter – Naperville, Illinois, USA

Kat Kellermeyer – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Joey De Luna – Bellingham, Washington, USA

Cindy Badger  – Osan Air Base, S. Korea

Kolby LaBree – Bellingham, Washington, USA

Trish Riederer –  California, USA

Heidi Pomerleau – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Valorie Cowan Zimmerman

Audra Searcy – Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA

Emily Schroeder – Solon, Ohio, USA

Brooke W., 49 – Sydney, NSW, Australia

Chelsy Parrish, 28 –  Mesa, Arizona, USA

Kassidy Price, 24 – St. George, Utah, USA

Diane Willey – Ontario, Canada

Andrea Weigel – Templeton, California, USA

#find a grave #lgbtq #genealogy #ancestry #petition #maps #family history #repost #Youtube

[edpor68]

Happy Friday! Updated Pattye’s Find a Grave entry with a couple of pictures- always remembered, never forgotten… #patriciamattick #pattyemattick #adorable #GoneButWillNeverBeForgotten #findagrave #GranbyColorado https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21474363/patricia-colleen-mattick 👩🏻‍🦰👓💐🙏

#patricia mattick #adorable #1970s #gonebutnevereverforgotten #gonebutnotforgotten #gonebutneverforgotten #pattyemattick #find a grave

[floralmemorials]

A Quiet Hillside in Kansas

I went to Coronado’s Castle just outside Greensburg Kansas recently and this quiet beautiful cemetery was next to the castle entrance. First I should explain that the castle was built during the 1930s as part of a WPA project and Coronado had nothing to do with it other than to use his name. The cemetery is along a rolling hillside and even had a few cattle grazing at a distance.

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#cemeteries #cemetery #cemeteryroadside #Find A Grave #Floralmemorials blog #generations #grave #grave markers #gravesite #graveyard #history #Interesting photos #Kansas #Kansas cemeteries #Kansas sky #roadside memorial #Thoughts & More

[aliceaddsocks]

Her favorite flowers were those she clipped from others’ gardens.

She would receive shock treatments and head straight to work at Shillitos. Oot naboot today on the outskirts of Cincinnati, mashing Geocaching and Cemeteries again. Came out to see the Stone Dollhouse at New St. Joseph Cemetery. The Stone Dollhouse was a playable dollhouse grave marker for the stone carver John Keatings three children who died very young. You can find this and more on Roadside America .com to aid in your trekking for the weird and interesting. Also managed to pick up a couple geocaches at the same time- win!

The last of the day surprised me and made me sad I was out of favorite points. It’s rare that a micro will turn my head, but this one was all in the description. Do yourself a favor and read the bottom picture (I know- and smell this sound). It weirdly made my day.

Happy Hunting….

#geocaching #geocache #Graveyards #cemeteries #Shock treatment #shock and awe #getting to work #1913 flood #Favorite flowers #Op gardens #Find a grave

[packedwithpackards]

Gravestone of Theophilius Packard, an abolitionist, and preacher, courtesy of Find a Grave. While something seems to make me think this is a new stone, the lichen on the stone makes me think it was actually created in 1855. Originally included in my post about him, which I reposted on here in Nov. 2022.

#gravestones #cemetery #packards #packard #packard famiky #theophilius packard #preachers #abolitionists #find a grave

[nocomforthere]

STOP I WAS BROWSING FINDAGRAVE AND APPARENTLY TINA TURNER DIED TODAY

#tina turner #may 24 #findagrave #find a grave

[millingroundireland]

Cashel, where the Bibbys were mainly living, is an ancient settlement, that has served as an “ecclesiastical hub and military fortress” and once the “seat of the Kings of Munster”...In years that followed varying Bibbys and Millses would be living (and be born) within County Tipperary, some in Ballysheehan, and others in related places. From 1825-1827, they were in an area comprising of 880 miles, all within County Tipperary. One event, the residence of one Owen Bibby, was far afield, in Newcastle parish at the southern party of County Tipperary was the outlier. Apart from showing the residence of Millses (two men named John Mills, Edward Mills, and Joseph Mills), and Bibbys (Samuel Bibby, Thomas Bibby, and Benjamin Bibby), this seems to again show that the two families could have easily crossed paths before coming to the United States...By the early 1830s, these two families were still in the same area. Some, like Nicholas Bibby, were living in Crohane, Terma & Garrysalla. Others, like John Mills, were in “Ballysheehane Parish”...it is possible the Mills and Bibby families were Catholic...The following year, in 1839, one Mills and one Bibby (or more) arrived in New York. Edward Mills arrived in Niagara, New York on June 1 or 2. He, like John Mills, lived in the town of Chester. Also that year, Robert Bibby arrived in the US, with the exact location of his arrival unknown. However, it is clear that he settled in Warren County New York as well. As the family story goes, he married Margaret Ann Bibby in 1839. This is why the Bibby family matters. They would be the parents, in years to come, of Dora A. Mills, Robert Byron Mills (RBM I), and many others. As for the Bibbys there were a whole group of them that came over in 1839 and settled in Pottersville, NY, including a man named Elias Bibby with a wife named Eleanor and two children. They reportedly left Irela[n]d because their home was burned down twice possibly because they were Protestants in a Catholic area.By 1840, the Millses and Bibbys were more firmly planting their roots in Warren County. The same year that Robert Bibby gave a naturalization declaration and listing his age, the 1840 census revealed another record listing John Mills...[In 1841] a man named Benjamin Bibby was living, seemingly, in Essex Co, New York, town of Minerva with a wife and child. Also that year, another Bibby immigrated, reportedly, on a ship named the SS Fairfield with his grandfather, Thomas Bibby and grandmother Ann Lyndop. He would live in New York until 1875, with his wife, named Margaret Johanna Shaw, dying six years prior, also in Essex County, New York. The Bibbys would settle in the Adirondack Mountains in horrible farm land in Chester which had a large settlement of Irish and harsh winters. Some would move to Ontario, Canada in later years, staying as farmers sometimes with large amounts of land, while others would go to Chester in Orange County or to Orleans County. When Robert Jacob Bibby, the man who married a woman named Rachel Ann Mills, born in Hew Park, Ireland on July 25, 1802, died at age 102 in 1904, a local paper in Ontario, Canada described him. It said he was “born in Tipperary County Ireland, in July 1804. In 1837 he came to America and settled in New York State” before coming to Canada in 1864. Other family stories seem to indicate the spread of Bibbys across New York in counties including Wayne, Oswego, Orleans, and many more...Both Isaac and Thomas as worth a brief mention because they both were buried in the same cemetery as Margaret Bibby and her husband John Mills. In the years that followed, Mills and Bibby family members would continue to work to become US citizens. Edward Mills, in 1842 and 1844, gave a naturalization declaration in Chester, while George Bibby did the same in 1844 when he renounced British/Irish loyalty to be a US citizen. According to land records, Beebes (John, Eli, Polly, Hannah) were living in Warren County from 1830 to 1838. It is unknown if they were related to the Bibbys or are another family.

The previous quotes connects to what I wrote previously about the Bibbys, using Find a Grave as a starting point.

#irish genealogy #genealogy #family history #ancestry #big quotes #find a grave #memorials #irish history #irish heritage #quotes

[shigayokagayama]

happy one year anniversary to the most insane week in internet history

#mp100 #mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #vid #EDITORS NOTE: sexymanotd deleted their twitter account which made finding stuff for this. very difficult. #i was unfortunately unable to include the BLOODSHED in the replies of the ingo poll and could only allude to it #i will never forget standing outside my calc class listening to people talk about how sad it was the queen died #while scrolling past WALLS of sans and reigen getting to third base on her grave