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From: "Gregory Selby" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] New Somerset/Wicomico Data Available
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 01:10:01 -0400
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All -

Have all of the cemetaries in Snow Hill been transcribed?
If so, can anyone steer me to the data?

Thanks!

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shari Handley" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: [LDR] New Somerset/Wicomico Data Available


> Hi LDRooters,
>
> Some great information has been added to the Somerset and Wicomico
MDGenWeb sites, courtesy of the generosity of a bunch
> of wonderful USGenWeb Data Donors!
>
> 1. We've added the 1900 Federal Census, Election District 70 (Princess
Anne Town), transcribed by John Herold. John
> has just completed his 6th election district for the 1900 Somerset census,
and this one was a large one! Thanks, John,
> for all your hard work. It is really appreciated! This ED (and the other
5) can be accessed from
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsomers/histrec.htm .
>
> 2. We have 2 new Bible records for Somerset County families: The Family
Bible Record of Sydney T. Shores and The
> Family Bible Record of William S. Disharoon. Both are courtesy of David
Heise. Thank you, David!
>
> 3. The CemTrek2000 Group, who visited Somerset and Wicomico Counties on
August 13, 2000, were able to find and catalog
> several church and family graveyards for the USGenWeb's Tombstone
Transcription Project. This year's CemTrekkers were
> Paul Willing, Ralph Willing, Roy Lesher, Jill Pevear, Nancy Mills-McGowan,
Carolyn Ballou, Shari Handley, Leah Handley,
> and Lindsey VanAssche. They tackled the following cemeteries: Somerset
County's Austin Family Graveyard near Mt.
> Vernon and St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Kingston, and Wicomico
County's Dashiell Family Graveyard and Hull
> Family Graveyard, both in Wetipquin. Thanks to all!
>
> 4. Cathy Powell Lipscomb has contributed partial transcriptions of
several cemeteries she and her parents walked during
> their trip to the area for a family reunion. These were some large
cemeteries (Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery in
> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Dennis Cemetery in Powellville, Wicomico
County, and New Hope Cemetery in Willards,
> Wicomico County), so they worked hard! We appreciate it, too, don't we?
Yes, we certainly do.
>
> All the new cemetery transcriptions for Somerset County can be accessed at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsomers/som_cem.htm
> , and the Wicomico County cemeteries can be found at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwicomi/wico_cem.htm .
>
> Shari Handley
>
>
>
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> Visit the VAGenWeb site -
> Virginia's entryway to the USGenWeb Project!
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/
>

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