Message: 1actual street here or can you send it to me via email?
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:01:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Katrina Overstreet <kj33881@gmail.com>
To: caribbean@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Carib] Western Cemetery, St. Thomas
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On Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 6:22:08 PM UTC-4, Monifa wrote:
Been meaning to go for such a long time since my last visit and finally just >> went. Unfortunately the day was almost over and I did not have muchHi I am very new to google groups and not really sure if my reply is in the right place but I had to comment because my maternal great grandfather and family lived at 15b Regjerings Gade. They were the Swan's. Is it possible to post pictures of the
sunlight and because I was not prepared, I did not walk with my camera.
HOWEVER, this visit was not "project" related, I went to look around and
happened to find some familiar names and wrote them down in the book I
had.... The condition of the cemetery, well let's just say it's not the
Danish Cemetery. The section I was in was Western Cemetery 2, where most
are not in terrible condition. There are some that had wording that was
completely worn away. (To find out who was buried in the graves with worn >> or no makers, I'd have to work with the Dept. of Public Works and their
cemetery records.) Some of the graves are very close to each other,
blocking the markers on the ones in the back so that one has to climb and
maneuver to read what is on the ones behind it. I don't know how
photographing 'each' grave/tombstone is going to work for those congested
sections of the cemetery.
Also, once the actual photographing and transcription is done and we have
obtained a map or official layout from the dept. of public works, I was
thinking the data could be put onto a set of cd's and a searchable index be >> created. Any other ideas?? -- I guess this is a question for the
gen-methods newsgroup, huh.
Just wanted to post this because I am still VERY MUCH interested in
conducting a cemetery documentation project and haven't heard much from
anyone else interested. Anyone living on St. Thomas or know someone here
who is interested in genealogy and would like to assist? The cemeteries are >> rather large and the project would move a lot faster if a group of us could >> tackle sections at a time.
Anyone else taking the ball on this one on their native islands? Any other >> Caribbean gen. related projects going on?
(Beretta -- you said there was someone here that might be interested, let me >> know or tell that person to contact me.)
Monie
Also, I remember my grandmother talking about the George's. More specifically a Deborah George who I have a picture of with my mother (both toddlers). Grandma Swan (born in Saint Thomas) said Deborah's parents' name was Allen & Carmen George. They werefrom Saint Thomas and Allen was actually in France at the same time my grandfather was there on assignment for the army. Do these names sound familiar to you?
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Message: 1actual street here or can you send it to me via email?
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:01:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Katrina Overstreet <kj33881@gmail.com>
To: caribbean@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Carib] Western Cemetery, St. Thomas
Message-ID: <9f30777f-156f-45fa-8f63-c2bfbf7c9440@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
On Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 6:22:08 PM UTC-4, Monifa wrote:
Been meaning to go for such a long time since my last visit and finally just >> went. Unfortunately the day was almost over and I did not have muchHi I am very new to google groups and not really sure if my reply is in the right place but I had to comment because my maternal great grandfather and family lived at 15b Regjerings Gade. They were the Swan's. Is it possible to post pictures of the
sunlight and because I was not prepared, I did not walk with my camera.
HOWEVER, this visit was not "project" related, I went to look around and
happened to find some familiar names and wrote them down in the book I
had.... The condition of the cemetery, well let's just say it's not the
Danish Cemetery. The section I was in was Western Cemetery 2, where most
are not in terrible condition. There are some that had wording that was
completely worn away. (To find out who was buried in the graves with worn >> or no makers, I'd have to work with the Dept. of Public Works and their
cemetery records.) Some of the graves are very close to each other,
blocking the markers on the ones in the back so that one has to climb and
maneuver to read what is on the ones behind it. I don't know how
photographing 'each' grave/tombstone is going to work for those congested
sections of the cemetery.
Also, once the actual photographing and transcription is done and we have
obtained a map or official layout from the dept. of public works, I was
thinking the data could be put onto a set of cd's and a searchable index be >> created. Any other ideas?? -- I guess this is a question for the
gen-methods newsgroup, huh.
Just wanted to post this because I am still VERY MUCH interested in
conducting a cemetery documentation project and haven't heard much from
anyone else interested. Anyone living on St. Thomas or know someone here
who is interested in genealogy and would like to assist? The cemeteries are >> rather large and the project would move a lot faster if a group of us could >> tackle sections at a time.
Anyone else taking the ball on this one on their native islands? Any other >> Caribbean gen. related projects going on?
(Beretta -- you said there was someone here that might be interested, let me >> know or tell that person to contact me.)
Monie
Also, I remember my grandmother talking about the George's. More specifically a Deborah George who I have a picture of with my mother (both toddlers). Grandma Swan (born in Saint Thomas) said Deborah's parents' name was Allen & Carmen George. They werefrom Saint Thomas and Allen was actually in France at the same time my grandfather was there on assignment for the army. Do these names sound familiar to you?
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