Another update - Grable Cemetery, Cass County, IN

Updates have been made to Grable Cemetery in Cass County.  I found a couple of death notices and was sent some images by Matthew Burrell of Noblesville to share with you.

As you can see the cemetery lies in a woods way off the nearest road behind a large field.

Debby

Pisgah Presbyterian Cemetery, Cass County, IN

I did quite a bit of updating to Pisgah Presbyterian Cemetery in the past 2 days.

Debby

I'm not sure I am meant to be a blogger

   I'm not sure I am meant to be a blogger, although I think it is a great idea, it is just not something I think about doing.  On the other hand, I am passionate about putting cemetery information out there to help you with your research in Cass, Miami and Howard Counties.  I work on something cemetery related nearly every day.  I just don't talk (or) write about it much.  I realized a couple of days ago that this blog may be giving some of you the wrong idea about what I am doing.  This happened when I got an email update from a wonderful sexton who had heard a rumor that I was no longer updating the cemetery sites.  This is so not true.  There is so much going on behind the scenes that you may not see happening.
  With 117 cemeteries in the database, plus a few others that have not been migrated over, this project is very time consuming.  Ed Beheler, John C. Anderson and Tom Quinn also manage cemeteries that are not included in my database.  I love that I have sextons who will send me updates on a regular basis in easily managed amounts.  It makes what I do so much easier.  One thing that I am guilty of, is updating it on my computer, but not generating new files to upload, so that you can see the updates.  I am going to really work on that as I have time.  I have already been making my list of those that need to be checked and then uploaded to the websites. 

My current big project is Greenlawn Cemetery at Mexico, Miami County, Indiana.  I am hoping to get up there to photograph headstones when it warms up and the grass turns green.  I am not fond of cemetery photos taken with the bleak colors of winter, nor do I enjoy freezing to death.

Please try not to complain too much, unless you are willing to devote the hours to something like this.  It is hard to walk in another's shoes. 

Stay out of my databases!
Blessings to all, Debby

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.