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Battle of Stoney Creek Graves

Hamilton Ontario councillors are looking to the federal government to cover the cost of drafting a plan to excavate suspected soldiers’ remains near Smith’s Knoll on King Street.

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Coffin Plate of William Cochran 1805 ~ 1881

The Coffin Plate of William Cochran 1805 ~ 1881 is now online on AncestorsAtRest.com

William Cochran 1805 ~ 1881

No room in the cemetery for Haiti dead

Even in death, there is no dignity for the abandoned people of Haiti. The Grand Cimetière, the last home of the country's most famous families, has in five days turned from a place of respect and mourning into an installation of horror.

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More Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri

I have added more pages from the Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri ledger book.

Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri ledger book

Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri. Genealogy Database

I have added a great little genealogy resource for Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri. Its a ledger book that was used by the Town Board Of Trustees to record the minutes of their meetings. The ledger starts in 1900 and ends in 1910. It has 200 pages containing hundreds of local Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri names. I have the first 50 pages online right now. The rest should be on in the next day or so.

Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri

Coffin Plate of Simeon Pearl 1782 ~ 1864

I have added the Coffin Plate of Simeon Pearl 1782 ~ 1864. Simeon Pearl 1782 ~ 1864 I went and had a hunt for Simeon Pearl 1782 ~1 864 in the 1860 United States Federal Census on Ancestry.com. I think I found him in North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.

Hamilton County Ohio Records online

Wow I just found a bunch of Hamilton County Ohio Records online. If you have Hamilton County Ohio ancestors you need to take a look.
Hamilton County Ohio Records

Or if you want to take a look at my Ohio pages go to Death Records for Ohio

Naturalization Records Updates

Hi all. I have updated the Naturalization Records section of AncestorsAtRest.com
I have added some links and a cool new map that will take you right to the state page for Naturalization Records on NaturalizationRecords.com.

NaturalizationRecords.com is the best site on the net for starting your search for Naturalization Records. Naturalization Records can be very important to your genealogical research but they are often overlooked.

AncestorsAtRest.com Naturalization Records

Coffin Plate of Betsy G Gray 1825 ~ 1888

I have added the Coffin Plate of Betsy G Gray 1825 ~ 1888. Betsy G Gray 1825 ~ 1888

Coffin Plate of William M Genschow 1872 ~ 1933

The Coffin Plate of William M Genschow 1872 ~ 1933 is now online. William M Genschow 1872 ~ 1933

Coffin Plate of Joanna C Locke 1844 ~ 1907

I have added the coffin plate of Coffin Plate of Joanna C Locke 1844 ~ 1907. Had a quick look in the 1900 United States Federal Census on Ancestry and it looks like she was born in Massachusetts. If you want to take a look at the coffin plate go to Joanna C Locke 1844 ~ 1907

Back to work

Well as many of you will have noticed I have not been Bloging much for the last little while. I have had to give my time to a few other projects but they are winding down now so I will be able to spend a little more time on the Bloging and on AncestorsAtRest.com So with that in mind I am going to spend the rest of the day adding a few coffin plates to the database.

Coffin Plate Database

1749 Widow's Rights in Massachusetts

An interesting notice about social customs in Massachusetts in 1749. Apparently if a man married a widow, he was excempt from her previous debts if she married him while barefoot and wearing only her nightgown.

1857 Ad for Coffins & Coffin Plates

An interesting 1857 ad for coffins and coffin plates. offin plates are decorative adornments attached to the coffin that contain free genealogical information like the name and death date of the deceased.

Cemetery Restoration Project

The restoration project of the Old General Cemetery at Williamsburg by the Covington County Genealogical & Historical Society is nearing completion.

The membership of the society is soliciting the aid of the descendants of families buried in this cemetery during the 1800s. Many of the earliest graves, dating prior to the Civil War, have missing markers.

30 burials have been identified so far and will be recorded on a monument. Anyone knowing additional names of those buried there will be able to have those names engraved on the monument.

Email hiliroc@c-gate.net for more information or to provide a name

Wreaths Across America

In national cemeteries across America the graves of hundreds of thousands of veterans will be adorned with Christmas wreaths during ceremonies set to take place simultaneously Saturday, Dec. 12.

Wreaths Across America is a tradition that began 18 years ago in Maine to recognize the service and sacrifice of veterans and their families. It has since spread across the country to include more than 400 national cemeteries, as well as 24 national cemeteries on foreign soil and several locations in Iraq.

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Uncovered Bodies From 170-Year-Old Tennessee Cemetery To Be Re-Buried

A developer has been given permission to go ahead and re-bury bodies from a 170year old cemetery that developers had planned to relocate into a 50-foot buffer zone mandated by a 2002 rezoning. The property is located in Ooltewah, Tennessee

View names of those buried in the Ooltewah Cemetery

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210-year-old Irish immigrant's grave uncovered in New York park

For 210 years the body of 28-year-old County Kildare native James Jackson, a young Irish immigrant, has lain undisturbed in the center of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
But this week, as park workers dug below Washington Square they revealed his gravestone, a three foot sandstone tablet buried so long ago that it’s a wonder the writing on his headstone is still so clear.

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If you are looking for answers to your genealogical questions try the Ask Olive Tree Blog. Queries, challenging genealogy puzzles, brick wall ancestors -- ask Olive Tree, get answers.

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