{"id":164,"date":"2015-02-06T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2015-02-06T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:25:48","slug":"expand-your-new-york-pedigree-with-cemetery-evidence-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Expand your New York Pedigree with Cemetery Evidence, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Use cemetery inscriptions to fill in vital record gaps for the \u201cshadow years\u2019\u20131890\u2019s and 1780-1840.\u00a0\u00a0 Where county courthouses have burned and marriage records are missing or incomplete, the cemetery can provide dates and evidence of marriage.\u00a0 Tombstones are one of the few records that supply full dates of birth and death.<\/li>\n
  2. Evidence of occupation, education, and training in skills and crafts.\u00a0 Look for tools carved in great detail out of limestone and mounted on the tombstone:\u00a0 carpenters hollow-handle handsaws, coopers adzes, stone carvers chisels and mallets, blacksmiths hammers and anvils, millers grinding wheels.\u00a0 Trains, pianos, motorcycles, weapons, plows and scythes of the farmer\u2013they are to be found in the cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Fraternal symbols, military service medals as well as flags and plaques, \u00a0 marks and logos or their names and dates\u2013usually carved at the very bottom of the stone or on the back.\u00a0 Watch for all of these.\u00a0 Some will be in foreign languages too.<\/p>\n

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    1. Inscriptions in German scrip, French, rather than English.\u00a0 In the early twentieth century, other European, Middle Eastern, and oriental languages will appear.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t read the language, rub the stone or take clear photographs of the inscription.\u00a0 Example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Here rests our father and grandfather, Joseph Knapp.\u00a0 He was born at Oldenburg, Selbach, Kreis Oderweiler, entered the German Army in 1814, served 1816-17 in the 15th Regiment, 8th Infantry Company, in England and France.\u00a0 God grant him eternal rest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      Translated from the German in \u201cObservations in a Cemetery,\u201d by Glenn R. Atwell.\u00a0 It was published by the Western New York Genealogical Society Journal<\/em><\/strong> VIII, No. 1 and reprinted in the Federation of Genealogical Societies Newsletter<\/em><\/strong> 7 (Mar 1983).<\/p>\n

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      1. Small children are frequently buried at the foot of a grandparent\u2019s grave or in a small burial between grandmother and grandfather.\u00a0 When a child dies, the whole extended family grieves\u2013watch for these graves and their proof of missing maiden surnames.<\/li>\n
      2. Migration patterns apparent in places of birth for several generations can be seen in the same family plot.\u00a0 Or observed on the stones from the whole cemetery.\u00a0 People travel together and settle in clusters near each other.\u00a0 The burial yards will reflect the migration patterns with an accuracy no other source can match.<\/li>\n
      3. Watch carefully for immigrant family members who die within a few days or weeks of each other.\u00a0 Two or three similar families, related to each other, travel together.\u00a0 When family members die, they create a blended family<\/strong> made up of the survivors.\u00a0 When you first begin your research, you are searching for the blended family!\u00a0 You might not recognize the original family units in the passenger lists unless you search the cemeteries and church records first.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Stay tuned for Part 3, your favorite New York genealogist, Arlene Eakle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Use cemetery inscriptions to fill in vital record gaps for the \u201cshadow years\u2019\u20131890\u2019s and 1780-1840.\u00a0\u00a0 Where county courthouses have burned and marriage records are missing or incomplete, the cemetery can provide dates and evidence of marriage.\u00a0 Tombstones are one of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}