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From: Lauren Brantner <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] CEMETERY RECORDS
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:22:35 -0700
References: <20051217.002447.2384.10.lgamby@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051217.002447.2384.10.lgamby@juno.com>


The other piece of this picture is that the survey was completed in the
1930's and some early gravesites were probably already lost by then.
Tombstones become unreadable, not to mention burials which did not have
stones. I have more burials not located than located within the county
- I know that the people died there, but don't have a burial site. My
burials that I can't locate are at the end of the 1700's and early
1800's - like 1814 and 1788. So I suspect that if there were stones,
they didn't survive or a family plot was lost. etc. Some family stones
that were clear in the 1988 were unreadable by by 2000.

Lauren Brantner

Larry R Gamby wrote:

>Ruth,
>You are correct in that my books only record actual burials in a grave
>site. The only way it would show up is if the body was brought back to
>Washington County, MD. I look through all 7 volumes and found plenty of
>Barrs, but not yours.
>..............Larry
>
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>On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:37:42 -0600 "Ruth Tysor" <>
>writes:
>
>
>>Larry R. Gamby: Would you be so kind as to look in your cemetery
>>books to
>>see if there was a Christopher D. Barr born in Washington Co. . The
>>only
>>record I have on him is his marriage to Barbara Toby, 13 Apr 1809 in
>>
>>Washington Co. MD. I have record of one son, John born the
>>following year.
>>
>>I am completely stumped on Christopher. I have no idea who his
>>parents
>>were, other siblings, or when he died. I do know he did not die in
>>MD., as
>>he had moved to Ohio
>>by 1840. Maybe since he did not die in MD there would be no birth
>>record
>>noted in your books.
>>Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>>Ruth Tysor
>>SW Iowa
>>
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