In early July, I visited the Milford Cemetery in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, twice to capture footage of the grounds and the headstones. I created a video tour of those visits and posted it to YouTube. The first part of the video is a musical tour and then I read a few headstones and…
By now you all know my love affair with cemeteries. Just when I thought cemeteries couldn’t get any better, I met up with Bill Curry, one of the many volunteers who are part of The Old Beaver River and Port Maitland Cemeteries Preservation Society. Thanks to this group, not only have these cemeteries been cleared…
In the summer of 2006 I visited St. George’s Anglican Church and its surrounding cemetery in Dutch Settlement, (on the edge of) Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. While there I captured this photograph of a faded wooden cross marking Joan Hurshman’s grave (1937 – 1997). I haven’t been back since to check on the cross,…
Before I began the Roots to the Past blog, I had blogged about genealogy-related topics on my writing blog. Just in case you missed them, below are the links where you’ll find them.
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