Flickr, the photo hosting Web site, is also a great community of groups of persons with like minds and interests. There are numerous gravestone photography groups to which I belong and I just joined one called, "What's in Your Bag?" and I have contributed the contents of my gravestone hopping bag.
Click on the photo to see it at Flickr and to examine the notes that I have placed on the photo explaining the contents of my bag. Ideas and comments are welcome.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
River Bend Cemetery Sign
Some months back, I received an email from Ed Faulk of Fullerton, CA about the posting of my family photos and gravestones pics of James A. Barber, my 2nd great grandfather who received the Medal of Honor in the Civil War.
Ed, when on vacation in June, 2006, took photos of his family at this large, lovely waterfront cemetery in Westerly, Rhode Island. This is one of his photos.
I asked him if he would share them with me and being a Web designer, he created a page of them so that anytime I needed them for research I could look at them.
Last night, while planning my next cemetery hopping event, I discovered that three stones that were on my list to be photographed are on his page! I love it when a plan comes together....
I am reminding all of you who read this blog, that it is important to take a photo of the cemetery sign, the gate or whatever will remind you where it is because not matter how carefully you plan you will be returning (hopefully, on this side of the grass) to take another photo or two or in my case 50 or 60!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
John & Jane Broadfoot 1876
Connecting people together is the most important thing the Web has done for all of us.
I would never have found my "cousin" Nancy, if it was not for my tree at Ancestry.com!
She is sharing the greatest thing with me....pictures of my Broadfoot ancestors. This is John Broadfoot and his first wife Jane Hannah who lived in Scotland. Most of John's children came to America. I never expected to get more information about them, never mind such great photographs.
I have been working on my Broadfoot and Aiken grandparents lines now that I have help from Nancy and Virgil and Anne.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Ralph and Mary DENISON
In August of 2004, I went in search of the Starr Burying Ground in Groton, CT to look for my 2nd great grand aunt who was the last woman in my family to belong to the DAR. (Yes, I found it, but that is a story for another post!)
The day before, I met a fellow Denison "cousin" at the annual Dension Day and in conversation, I told her where I was going. She gave me some names to look up graves there for her. I found them easily. It's fun finding other people's ancestors too.
But, while I was there, I took three random photos of graves with the surname Denison. Later, she told me her grandparents were buried there and I asked her to email me their names so if I went back to Groton, I could take the photo for her.
This got me to thinking about the random photos I took that day and when I went looking for them, I discovered her grandparents were one I had taken. She and I are both surprised!
That's gravestone radar, isn't it?
The day before, I met a fellow Denison "cousin" at the annual Dension Day and in conversation, I told her where I was going. She gave me some names to look up graves there for her. I found them easily. It's fun finding other people's ancestors too.
But, while I was there, I took three random photos of graves with the surname Denison. Later, she told me her grandparents were buried there and I asked her to email me their names so if I went back to Groton, I could take the photo for her.
This got me to thinking about the random photos I took that day and when I went looking for them, I discovered her grandparents were one I had taken. She and I are both surprised!
That's gravestone radar, isn't it?
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Burial Hill Sign
This sign marks Burial Hill in Plymouth MA. Notice the reference to Edward's Gravestone.
Edward Gray Grave sign
This sign next to Edward Gray's gravestone certainly makes it easy to locate. I don't think you will miss it if you visit here.
Edward Gray's Gravestone
At once time, old gravestones were re-set in concrete as it was thought to better preserve them. (Probably not.)
In this case, this gravestone may have been set in concrete to deter theft as his grave is the oldest on Burial Hill. Early graves of the first English settlers were marked with wooden markers, fieldstones or not at all.
Close-up of Edward Gray
This is a close-up of the oldest surviving gravestone on Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA. It is very hard to photograph since it is located in a heavily treed section of Burial Hill.
If you click on this photo, it will bring you to Flickr where I have attempted a transcription of the carving.
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