I was wondering if their was anyone else into visiting old cemeteries in the Pine Barrens area. Maybe we could make a get together of it one weekend.
Nykki
Nykki
bunnymom3 said:I was wondering if their was anyone else into visiting old cemeteries in the Pine Barrens area. Maybe we could make a get together of it one weekend.
Nykki
BarryC said:I'm into it! My first outing I ever set up for my group was a cemetery tour. Great idea.
bunnymom3 said:Nykki
bach2yoga said:BarryC said:I'm into it! My first outing I ever set up for my group was a cemetery tour. Great idea.
bunnymom3 said:Nykki
I thought it was with me and Keith, we did Nash's and Washington, etc in the cold. Then a bit warmer we met at Pleasant Mills church and visited tons of places. That was a great trip, one that I will never forget!
Renee
aserdaten said:Hope this would be the most appropriate place for the following idea related to cemeteries ...
Have any of you members ever been interested in tombstone transcriptions of cemeteries within or close to the Pine Barrens? Maybe this activity may not be familiar to some of you, so I'll explain as best I can. This is primarily an activity related to genealogical research, but proves quite interesting to many who are interested in exploring old cemeteries.
What it involves, simply stated, is someone taking inventory of all the tombstones in a particular cemetery, noting names, dates of birth and death, and sometimes epitaths thereon. The resulting lists are subsequently posted on the web, most likely through the person named on the web site for the particular county involved.
While some cemeteries are huge and contain thousands of "permanent residents", there are also many small ones with only a few graves. Many of them are not even listed under the appropriate county, while other historically significant ones have yet to be transcribed. An example of one unlisted is the family cemetery located in Double Trouble State Park - this would be a very easy one to transcribe, apparently.
If this activity seems interesting to anyone, you might refer to their web site for New Jersey:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/newjer.html
aserdaten said:Have any of you members ever been interested in tombstone transcriptions of cemeteries within or close to the Pine Barrens?