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From: "Dale H. Cook" <>
Subject: Re: [MAPLYMOU] Old Burying Ground in Kingston
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 06:51:48 -0400
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At 08:14 AM 5/22/2007, David E. Cann wrote:

>I looked at the GenWeb site before posting my query, but there are no grid
>coordinates for the cemetery there that I can find.

Topozone can provide the coordinates - clicking on the symbol for
First Church there recenters the map on the church and gives
coordinates of 41d 59m 36s N, 70d 43m 58s W. Note that Topozone has
it misidentified as Kingston Baptist Church, which is actually
farther east on Main St.

>Also, though it does
>have the address and directions, it also shows no other names for it

I have never heard of any other names for it - it has always been the
"Old Burying Ground." It is simply not labeled on the current topo
map, which is based upon the surveys of 1934 and 1941. I don't have
any topos for that quad based on earlier surveys.

It is quite common for the oldest surviving cemetery in an old New
England town to be know as "Old Burying Ground" or something similar.
In West Bridgewater, for example, the oldest surviving yard is known
simply as "Old Grave-Yard."

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml

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