In this 1st part, George gives us some context for cemeteries and their importance. He points out that in the U.S., birth and death records weren’t recorded until around 1900 and grave markers served as records. He tells us of four cemeteries of interest to Meinhard Samsel clan.
1:39 Findagrave.com is source for genealogists and creating memorial links
3:26 Beavercreek Cemetery in Guthrie County
4:06 Lakeview Cemetery in Windom, Minnesota has our grandparents, Jennie and Herman Samsel. In the Storm Lake Cemetery, Buena Vista Co, are Meinhards, Dushinskis, Vitts, and Abagail Ann Spencer Samsel.
Ancestry links lead from Abigal Ann Spencer to her parents and grandparents art Union Cemetery in Carrol Co. up the Bowen/Thurber/.Brown line to the Mayflower passengers (up 9 generations from us over to the Bowens from Swansea, Galmorgan, Wales)
Ancestry links lead from Abigal Ann Spencer to her parents and grandparents art Union Cemetery in Carrol Co. up the Bowen/Thurber/.Brown line to the Mayflower passengers (up 9 generations from us over to the Bowens from Swansea, Galmorgan, Wales)
7:53 The small Vitt-Eberhardt cemetery in Franklin Co, MO in a farmer's field, not well-maintained.
1 comment:
One correction: the Ancient Little Neck Cemetery is in East Providence, RI, about 10 miles from Swansea, MA where Elizabeth Tilley Howland died.
Post a Comment