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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:30 PM
Subject: [CLENDINEN] How to find abandoned cemetery?
This was a tip I got.. thought it was interesting! Cyndy
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FINDING A LOST CEMETERY
A comment many people make in regard to locating cemeteries is, "I
know the cemetery is out there somewhere in the general vicinity, but
I can't find it."
When looking for old, abandoned cemeteries that are no longer on a
map, one of the best ways to recognize them is to look for trees on a
slight rise or hill, or a stand of trees that looks out of place in
the middle of a field. People often planted fir trees around the
perimeters, or at the entrance, of cemeteries.
Roads often changed direction (especially if the cemetery was a
"typhoid" or epidemic cemetery), and farmers tended to plow around the
cemeteries, making them difficult to get to. The trees, however, out
in the middle of nowhere, usually give them away!
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