Long time, no post

Sorry I have been so out of touch for months. It's not because I have stopped doing cemetery work, because I keep busy with it. When you consider that I have 112 cemeteries in my cemetery database program, it is easy to not notice updates and changes. However, at the bottom of each cemetery page, the last update date is listed.

For anyone in the cemetery business, John C. Anderson has a new program geared just for maintenance of cemetery records, lot records, ownership, etc. He calls the software "In Stone." Please contact John for more information.

I have been rebuilding my Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery database. This cemetery is in Cass County east of Logansport on old 24. There are many Miami County people interred there as well as Cass County people.

More later. Soon I hope. Debby

Remains From Long Abandoned Cemetery Discovered

While browsing the Logansport Pharos Tribune site this afternoon, I plugged in our somewhat unusual surname and got a hit! The story (published April 15 2010) was about remains found, possibly from a long forgotten burial ground called Reed Private Cemetery.

Anyway, I had to share my excitement that one of my websites was given credit for solving a mystery and Ed and I were mentioned in the article.

A follow up article appeared on the next day, April 16th Pharos Tribune.
A 2nd follow up article appeared in the April 23rd 2010 Pharos Tribune.

I'm glad to have provided a source to help others.

Debby

Gilead Cemetery, Miami Co., IN

Had a fun day yesterday and the day before with my friend Rebecca Miller. Thursday we photographed the south section of the Gilead Cemetery. Friday we photographed the north section of Gilead Cemetery, picked berries and wild asparagus and saw a doe with twin fawns. Then had lunch together.

It will be quite some time before I get this online as I have several others I am working on at this time, but it is coming.

Debby

Peru Mount Hope Update online

I have uploaded the most recent burials at Peru Mount Hope adding 220 added burials since the January upload. There have also been date and grave locations added to many more additional. And there is still lots more to be added. If your loved one has not been added, please be patient. I still have many more pages from the burial books to go through.

Alto Cemetery Update (Howard County)

I uploaded an update of Alto Cemetery Database. I hope to put up a page of unidentified markers soon. Perhaps you will be able to identify one and help make this database more complete.

Debby

January has been a busy month

• Ed continues to update the Sunset Memory Gardens web site from current obituaries.
• Kokomo Tribune Obituary Index - Ed is currently adding birth and death dates to 1971 and 1940. I am adding dates to the 1935 obits. These additions will be uploaded as we finish our years.
• Sharon Stafford Aldardyce recently sent me 34 tombstone photos for Center UB Cemetery in Cass County and they have been posted online.
• I am working on putting Wooleytown/Macedonia Cemetery online on the Miami County site.
• Beverly continues to send me the monthly interrments for Peru Mount Hope Cemetery and the web site was updated today.
• Mast/Hensler Cemetery (Howard County) is now online.
• I also added some updates to Galveston Cemetery and Walton Cemetery in Cass County in January.

Enjoy! Debby

December 6 - Santa Claus
Did you ever send a letter to Santa? Did you ever visit Santa and “make a list?” Do you still believe in Santa Claus?

I still believe in Santa and of course I visited Santa, made lists and wrote letters

December 7 - Holiday Parties
Did your family throw a holiday party each year? Do you remember attending any holiday parties?

Christmas Day was all family parties and exhausting. We children always got up early and opened presents. Then it was off to one side of the family to celebrate, followed by the Christmas party at the other side of the family. I refused to do this when I grew up.

December 8 - Christmas Cookies
Did your family or ancestors make Christmas Cookies? How did you help? Did you have a favorite cookie?

I never met a cookie I didn't like.... Mexican wedding cookies were always a favorite. Of course rolled cookies cut out with cookie cutters and decorated were a must at Christmas time. I carried on the tradition by baking dozens of these cookies on the last day the kids were in school. After everyone arrived home, the whole family gathered around the kitchen table and decorated the cookies with many colors of icing and lots of candies.

December 9 - Grab Bag
Author’s choice. Please post from a topic that helps you remember Christmases past!

I have a funny story. When my son and daughter, Eddie & April came to me asking if Santa was real, I wasn't ready to give up Santa and they had a baby sister, Amber who still needed Santa. So, I told them their suspicions were right, but that Dad doesn't know. You know Grandma. She would never have told your Dad about Santa. So all these years I have had to sneak around and do Santas job by myself and now I had them to help me. What a relief! So the legend of Santa lived on awhile longer. (I do still believe in Santa.)

December 10 - Christmas Gifts
What were your favorite gifts, both to receive and to give? Are there specific gift-giving traditions among your family or ancestors?

Secret gifts, ones that the person doesn't expect, but wants dearly and doesn't know who gave it. That is truly a blessing to behold. Of course the traditional bicycle, dolls, doll houses were fun to receive as a child and fun to give to children.