14th Annuel Cemetery Stroll

Our 14th Cemetery Stroll is just a week away. We have had so many themes is the past. We portrayed people who lived on Grand Blvd. , shop keepers, churches in early Corona, and early trustees of the cemetery to name a few. This year we are portraying Civil War soldiers that are buried in Sunnyslope. Surprisingly some are from California.
Most people do not associate California with the Civil War, but the state played a very important part. Some regiments were assigned to protect the Overland Mail routes. Other regiments got gold to the East to keep the Union effort going.
Researching for the Stroll uses every genealogy skill I ever learned. From pouring through newspapers, searching census records, ordering military papers to interviewing knowledgeable people that can provide information to add life to the research. The history of our ancestors and our town can often be found in the cemeteries!

I have had so much fun with the research. Also I bought a real mourning bonnet from the civil war period, made a crocheted black purse and shawl that is period authentic. I can't wait to wear them.

If anyone is near Corona, California please come.
Information about citizens from past strolls can be found athttp://www.coronagensoc.org/sunnyslope.html

Sunnyslope Cemetery Stroll

Our 14th Cemetery Stroll is just a week away. We have had so many themes is the past. We portrayed people who lived on Grand Blvd. , shop keepers, churches in early Corona, and early trustees of the cemetery to name a few. This year we are portraying Civil War soldiers that are buried in Sunnyslope. Surprisingly some are from California.Most people do not associate California with the Civil War, but the state played a very important part. Some regiments were assigned to protect the Overland Mail routes. Other regiments got gold to the East to keep the Union effort going.Researching for the Stroll uses every genealogy skill I ever learned. From pouring through newspapers, searching census records, ordering military papers to interviewing knowledgeable people that can provide information to add life to the research. The history of our ancestors and our town can often be found in the cemeteries!
I have had so much fun with the research. Also I bought a real mourning bonnet from the civil war period, made a crocheted black purse and shawl that is period authentic. I can't wait to wear them.
If anyone is near Corona, California please come.Information about citizens from past strolls can be found at http://www.coronagensoc.org/sunnyslope.html

For Dog Lovers Only

At Green Mount Cemetery in Monpelier, Vt I found Ned the Dog. Ned was the only child of Fred and Hattie Stevens. He lived from 1875-1894. Ned was a lovely Spaniel.

Although it is now illegal to bury a dog in a people cemetery at one time it was not. My daughter in law did a research paper on War Dogs and found many buried with their masters.

Travel Log: Bennington, Vermont

More Smiley Faces!!!

Just love these faces. I read a story, although not at this cemetery, once about two engravers who engraved the faces determined on bets if the person was going to heaven or hell. Now I can never see a face without thinking of that. This was a great cemetery. The Old Church was opened with visitor guides, postcards and pamplets. That is what I call a perfect cemetery. There are many Revolutionary War soldiers, town founders, POWs, and Robert Frost are all buried there.

Travel Log: York Village Burying Ground, York, Maine

The best graveyard. Old stones. Interesting stones. Ancient stones. You could get a collection of "smily faces" from this grave yard.

The Gravelly Graveyard

The Gravelly Graveyard, also known as The Old Wooley Cemetery,or the Metedeconk Burying Ground is a 100 x 100 lot according to the sign posted before you get to the cemetery. I want to call it sweet, although that is not a good description of a cemetery. It is surrounded by a white picket fence. There is a gate that seems to welcome you in. You can read a marker that lists all the residents of the cemetery that can be identified. This is the oldest cemetery in Brick, New Jersey.

My brother in law told me that the local story is the first person buried there was a man that was found washed up on the river bank and his pockets were very heavy with gravel. They didn’t know who he was so they buried him right there where he was found. It was not meant to be a cemetery at first but about 75 people are buried there.

It is listed on Find A Grave ,Interment.com and http://usgwtombstones.org.

Travel Log: Greenwood Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg was wonderful. Very interesting. But I was most fascinated with the cemetery next to the Military Cemetery. It is called Greenwood and it was started in 1854, several years before the Civil War. The Thorn family were the caretakers and they lived in this house pictured. Peter Thorn signed up for the Civil War and went away to fight, leaving his very pregnant wife to take care of the cemetery. Little did they know the biggest battle was going to take place right near their own home. Elizabeth Thorn, her little son and elderly father were left to bury the soldiers that were dying by the hundreds.