Lavern Wing a descendent of the Caleb Smith Family

Female Smith NAMED

Wow what a good early morning this has been;  we have found the name of the daughter of Aaron M. Smith and Littie Lee Scott;  drum roll please she is Vern Smith and she died 16 Nov 1895.  May she Rest in Peace.   She was born 9 Nov 1890.    Both her birth and death record can be found on Ancestry.com

Ground Penetrating Radar

Aug 3rd starting at 9:30 am we are having the cemetery surveyed with ground penetrating radar to find any unknown and lost burial sites and markers.

Emma J Larsh

In Howard Cemetery there is a red granite slanted stone in Howard Cemetery with only a name Emma J. Miller.  Well after lots of research and more research, Emma has been identified as Emma Larsh the daughter of Elias Larsh and Susanna Cave.  She married Albert Thomas Miller the 13 Apr 1893.  They made their residence in Indianapolis Marion County.  They had the following children Albert A. Miller born 1893, Merriel Miller 1896 and Clara Gladys Miller born in 1904.  I have located the family living in Indianapolis until the 1920 Census, in the 1930 Census they are living in Clinton county Indiana.

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

Stone Cleaning Practices

http://ncptt.nps.gov/2011/best-practice-recommendations-for-cleaning-government-issued-marble-headstones/

Location

Howard Cemetery is located in Indiana in southern Boone County in Perry Township.  It is located on 750 South; east of Fayette.   We have plotted and mapped the cemetery as follows.

The Rows are numbered West to East; with row one being the first row on the east side of the cemetery.  The plots are numbered North to South.  The way the interned were buried in Howard means that Row One  Plot One Stone does not necessarily line up with Row Two Plot Two Stone.  The burial were not done in a grid pattern.  Please understand that this project is a work in progress and we will add plots and burials as they are uncovered.  Any changes will be updated immediately, and will be posted on this blog.  

Beyond Just Records

I Love Genealogy and all that goes along with being a genealogist.  I also am very enthusiastic about our cemetery project.  I have run into many genealogist that just want the bare minimum in there research.  Paper and Facts; maybe a few pictures;  wow history minimalist.  To say the least I was taken aback, why would I want to research someone and not really get to know who that person was.  I think people like the one I mention are sad, why bother even researching a family line if all you want is a few documents and maybe a photo or two.  Genealogy should be the fleshing out of our ancestors, not just the names and dates,  it is that dash on the tombstone between the birth and death date that I want to research.