Cemetery Sortie Project: Preserving the Memory of the Deceased

Surveying cemeteries has become a favorite pastime in retirement. Documenting where we've been and what contribution we've made to FindAGrave and historical societies is satisfying. We add memorials, photograph stones and cemeteries, and GPS the location of individual graves.  The I Hunt Dead People team gets plenty of exercise, gets great history lessons, and meets some terrific people (both living and dead) along the way. Where better to keep track of our adventures than in Cemetery Sorties?

Robin, Cindy & Doug after cleaning the R. M. Gaskill Cemetery
Robin and her 3rd great grandfather, Benjamin G. Gaskill
Cindy and her 2nd great grandfather, Rev. Robert Stokes
Doug with his great grandfather, Civil War veteran, Hugh W. Harper.
5/21/2023 Blount's Creek, NC Maple Grove Baptist Church 73 73 73
5/21/2023 Blount's Creek, NC Foreman Cemetery 15 15 15
5/21/2023 Blount's Creek, NC Saint Union Missionary Baptist Church 26 26 26
5/21/2023 Blount's Creek, NC Ware Creek Missionary Baptist Church 63 63 63
5/20/2023 Washington, NC First Presbyterian Church 110 110 110
5/8/2023 Sherrill, IA Sherrill United Methodist Church 270 270
5/8/2023 Sherrill, IA IOOF Cemetery 17 17
4/26/2023 DeWitt, IA Oak Ridge/Old DeWitt Cemetery 25 58
4/15/2023 Apex, NC Salem Baptist Church 686 686 686
3/31/2023 Swan Quarter, NC G. V. Credle Cemetery 8 8 8
3/21/2023 Fuquay Varina, NC Piney Grove Baptist Church 665 665 665
3/8/2023 Beaufort Co., NC Moore Cemetery 11 11 11
3/7/2023 Washington, NC Cedar Hill Cemetery 300 300 4,986
2/16/2023 Chocowinity, NC Providence Church Cemetery 128 128 128
2/16/2023 Beaufort Co., NC Rowe Cemetery 102 102 102
2/15/2023 Chocowinity, NC Haw Branch Church of Christ Cemetery 270 270 270
2/15/2023 Chocowinity, NC Galloway-Butler Cemetery 33 33 33
2/15/2023 Chocowinity, NC Whitfield and Cox Cemetery 162 162 162
2/15/2023 Chocowinity, NC Joseph F Moore Cemetery 56 56 56
12/1/2022 Method, NC Oak Grove Community Cemetery 217 217 217
11/18/2022 Raleigh, NC Lincolnville Cemetery 40 40 87
11/18/2022 Raleigh, NC Medlin-Powers Cemetery 21 21 21
11/8/2022 Grimesland, NC John Galloway Cemetery 41 41 41
9/19/2022 Cary, NC Cary First United Church of Christ 344 344 344
9/9/2022 DeWitt, IA Elmwood Cemetery 25 5,663
9/9/2022 Dubuque, IA Mount Calvary Cemetery 15 29,685
9/9/2022 Dubuque, IA Linwood Cemetery 60 23,338
9/3/2022 Cainsville, MO Bohemian Cemetery 302 302
9/3/2022 Cainsville, MO Fairview Cemetery 50 374
9/3/2022 Corning, IA Oak Hill Cemetery 30 508
9/3/2022 Waterloo, IA Elmwood Cemetery 50 9,148
9/3/2022 Waterloo, IA Fairview Cemetery 5 11,296
9/3/2022 Corning, IA Calvary Cemetery 30 688
9/2/2022 College Springs, IA Maple Hill Cemetery 50 2,099
8/31/2022 Hiawatha, KS Hiawatha Cemetery 15 4,406
8/9/2022 Black Hawk Co., IA Orange Township Cemetery 260 1,388
6/22/2022 Brühl, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Grabstätten der Familie GIESLER 7 7 7
5/20/2022 Chocowinity, NC Wesley Cemetery 15 15 391
5/18/2022 Beaufort, NC Old Burying Ground 562 562 562
5/18/2022 Morehead City, NC Bayview Cemetery 60 60 5,698
4/3/2022 Blount's Creek, NC Maule's Cemetery 1 1 1
4/2/2022 Gulrock, NC Brooks Cemetery 10 10 179
4/2/2022 Swan Quarter, NC Credle-Watson Mann Cemetery 14 14 14
3/3/2022 Blount's Creek, NC R. M. Gaskill 18 18 18
3/2/2022 Blount's Creek, NC Benjamin G. Gaskill 5 5 5
3/1/2022 Washington, NC Baynor Cemetery 10 10 24
10/14/2021 Kerr's Creek, VA Ebenezer Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 60 123
10/13/2021 Rockbridge Co., VA Old Monmouth Cemetery 95 95
10/9/2021 Cary, NC Hillcrest Cemetery 1,358 1,358 1,358
9/28/2021 Raleigh, NC Thomas Cemetery 19 19 19
9/22/2021 Greene Co., OH Caesarscreek Baptist Church Cemetery 138 138
9/22/2021 Greene Co., OH Caesarcreek Cemetery/Cherry Grove Cemetery 174 174
Total Memorials Since Retirment 7,121 5,450 106,150
Date
22 May 2023 1560

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