Christ Lutheran Church York, PA Cemetery Photos/Transcriptions

Our newest cemetery collection is from Christ Lutheran of York, PA
View it here.

Cemetery Transcription/Images Added

Christ Church Episcopal
Colonial English Parish
Founded 1746

York Springs,
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Created October 20, 2009

All photos taken June 17, 2009 and
contributed by Michael W. McCormick
View text transcription of this cemetery

Tombstone Images
Beales
Maria Caroline
Miller
Charles G.
Taylor
Juliet M. Hamersly
Unknown
Unknown

For additional information on this cemetery, please contact
Ye Olde Sulphur Spa Historical Society
Adams County PA USGenWeb Archives - Tombstone Photos
Adams County PA USGenWeb Archives - Index
USGenWeb Archives - Pennsylvania
Created for use in the USGenWeb Archives by
Kathy Francis © 2009

Cemetery Photography Project Continues

Cemeteries are a favorite place for many genealogists. We love to find out about those who have gone before us, though we often tire of being in front of a microfilm reader or computer screen for hours on end.

A walk in the cemetery is just the kind of break a passionate genealogist needs.

For those of you who don't know Enduring Legacy Genealogy has been partnering with the USGenWeb Archive to photograph local cemeteries.

As of this article we have published three full cemeteries on the Internet. The most recent are:

Presbyterian Cemetery, York Springs, Adams Co., PA (14 Oct 2009)
Lutheran Church Cemetery, York Springs, Adams Co., PA (15 Oct 2009)

Even if you do not have ancestors in these areas you may find it interesting to look through these. ELG is accepting volunteers to help with the process of photographing cemeteries. No matter where you are, we challenge you to take a walk, take your camera with you and when you are done feel free to e-mail them to us to have uploaded to the Internet. If you are the one who took the photograph your name will be included as contributor on the Internet when the photos are uploaded.

We thank our first contributors to this project who helped with the York Springs Lutheran Cemetery.

Volunteer Partnership with USGenWeb Archives

Earlier this month ELG announced a partnership with volunteers at USGenWeb Archives. The goal of this project is to make available tombstone photograph collections of local Adams and York County, PA cemeteries. Such volunteer provided online cemetery records have been key in my research for my ancestors and I'm glad to be contributing to the overall effort. On 20 Sep 2009 the first wave of this project was officially released in connection with Kathy Francis of the York County, PA USGenWeb Archive. Bott's Graveyard was the first cemetery to be uploaded. You can browse the photos here: http://usgwarchives.net/pa/york/1picts/cemeteries/botts-wmanchester/botts.htm