Just watched this video and totally enjoyed it! You showed a monument for Regina Leininger... she was my 5x Great Aunt. Her sister, Barbara was. My 5x Great Grandmother. There are books on their life stories. And a movie made by the same title as the song their mother sang to find Regina, called Alone, Yet Not Alone. A few years ago they made a movie of this by the same name and can see it right here on UA-cam!
The census is absolute gold when it comes to looking up information about your ancestors. The lousy part is when they didn’t bother to take part in it.
Sometimes when you see the smaller stones, they are footstones. Many old graves had a headstone and a footstone. Of course some are also separate childrens graves. The older graves with the skulls and weird writing were the style of the time. You will find strange abbreviations etc. Some of the better stone carvers were somewhat illiterate and sometimes they needed space on the stone for more information. B. for born D for died etc. Skulls and wings were a message of sorts. As you are now, I once was, As I am now, you will one day be.
Its wonderful that you visit your ancestors graves. I put flowers on there grave quite alot. Mine are in a very rural area of wv. The cemetery is so old that the first row of stones are just plain brown fielstlnes. Any inscriptions have disappeared years ago. I both set of great n breath great grandparents buried there
I also have ancestors buried at Stouchburg, but could not find their tombstone. George Daniel Gensemer; there’s a plaque near the front with Revolutionary War Vets. Very cool cemetery and church!
I just found your channel the other day, and I'm really interested. I enjoy similar things, exploring in central PA, and I also come from a PA Dutch family that came to America in the mid 1700s. Thank you for posting!
Mr. Snake was lucky a kind person like you found him and not some cold hearted type who would take fun out of needlessly killing him. Thank you for respecting our wildlife.
Cliff, Probably my favorite video of yours so much of a long family history ,and very impressive. At the end just chilling with your ancestors at sun down ... Very cool ...A 10+ rating ... Your passion for history with your ancestors being part of it ...Makes it all come together .. Be safe
Very fascinating, I love old cemeteries! This one is incredible, because people from the 17th century! Also, I am fascinated by the German gravestones with the totenkopf and fraktur writing.
A lot of things are wrong, dutch is from the netherlands, in germany they speak german thats a different language, some words look al like. Example geboren is dutch and gebohren is german.
Interesting to learn some if your families history Cliff...like I've said before I've always enjoyed walking through cemeteries and checking out the tombstones.. Thanks for sharing Cliff 😁
I was looking at your video here. Very nice video. FYI -- the death's head, skull, skull and crossbones, and skull with wings on headstones were images of "momento mori." Not a representation that the buried person was evil or good. It's a reminder to the living from the dead that we are all going to die one day and join them. It was very popular in the 1700s - 1800s. It can also be found on 'mourning jewelry' of that period. The different symbols on headstones can tell you a lot more about your ancestors than just their birth and death dates. For instance, a headstone shaped like a tree or a log is a symbol of membership in the Woodsmen of the World Society. Check out the book "Stories in Stone" by Douglas Keister.
Very interesting video on your family history! I loved seeing the old limestone churches and the walled cemetery. I watched your video entitled "The Haunted Moonshine Church and the Blue Eyed Six" recently. One of the tombstones you showed from Moonshine Church Cemetery was that of my 3rd Great Grandfather, David Miess. I was very surprised when I saw it! Of all the stones there, you happened to show that one! I j ust recently found your You Tube channel and am enjoying watching all of your videos!
Hi Im rom germany and have many village/town hitory book here,where many storie from people are that went to the States or other countries. Mostly letters that were from the writer to his far away village or farm mostly 6 months on the way. In some boks i wrote many letters were awaite by the girlfriend ad male riens who want to go there too,to read (if they can)how it i over there.. The black gravestone is really unique I hope i can help you to tranlate it. Its handmade with a hammer and a metal tick,maybe te family cannot afor a ral nice gravestonewriting after the long an mostly very expensive journey from the german lands at all. Here lies burried Johannes Kizmil (Kitzmüller?) Born J69 January the 25.(MAYBE 1669?) and died in 1745. On the second cemetery the style and writing o that black gravestone looks similar to the first one..maybe the same man made for many people geavestone-around in the area writing in the stone?) The others are really nice an cool ones.
I think the skulls are what they called a death's head. They weren't meant to say the person was evil or anything. From what I read it was a common thing in those days meant to remind the living of their mortality.
Fascinating how your ancestors are all together in the same areas. There is a lot of very interesting reading out there about tombstone carving and the symbols that are used.
Great vid. I love to learn about family histories. The skull and bones is a early symbol of death. You find it on many early head stones along with angels. My ancestory on my Mom's side is Scorch Irish. My Dad's side German and Swiss. I do believe there are Zellers on my Weaver side. Perhaps we are cousins, who knows? Thanks Much! DaveyJO in Lanc. CO.
it was great watching the family history Vlog.. It's always cool when you find Revolutionary War and Civil War soldiers in the family.. The Chambers side of my family were from Pennsylvania.. I'm descended from Joseph Chambers, a Miller who lived on Fishing Creek near Harrisburg PA. He was a brother of Benjamin Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg PA.. As always, a great Vlog
I love family histories. My mom's family is famous as Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky belonged to my mom's family. The Clay's came to the new world not long after Jamestown was founded and my dad's family came to America from Britain in the first decade of the 20th century. As for the weird writing, take a photo and ask someone who specializes in languages. The imagery is what is in fashion and what the family decides at the time of death and how much they can afford. Penn. Dutch does have some words similar to English like "und" which sounds like "and". Keep researching family history.
Cliff, Regarding some of the oldest cemeteries where the original native stone markers are gone, and maybe some graves never marked. There should be a map of plots somewhere in the old church records. The first burials may have been marked in the original church's bible. The farm burial plot for my Deeter ancestors at Deeter's Gap in Somerset County had nothing more than the native stone slabs until a millstone marker was erected in the 1950's for John and his Wife. who passed in the early 1800's. The old family bible did have a crude plot layout recorded in it. Unfortunately one family carted the Bible with them on a move to Pittsburgh and the Bible disappeared and is no longer to be found.
Cool videos. Your ancestor , Franz Paul's son Jacob married Susanna Trautman whose father also fought in the Revolutionary war. They are also buried at Trinity.
"Allein, und doch nicht ganz allein, Bin ich in meiner Einsamkeit." Up and down the line she went. Sawquehanna, the Indian girl, heard the sound, listened ...
You and my daughter would get along sooooo well She just loves to go to old cemeteries and look at the stones . . Can’t say I blame her cause I enjoy going along and doing the same thing. I’d rather be alive in those places than under the ground like the dead ones. Keep making those videos I try and watch them all.
I hope you take a picture of you gravestones when you find them. You can submit them to find a grave website if they aren’t already on there. This is good for any of your family doing genealogy or building your family tree. Also always check the church or cemetery for their records could have additional information or helps when you can’t read the stone. And yes someone at church or cemetery can show you where your family is
I started researching my mom's family and found out so much I was told we are related to Benjamin Franklin but I dont know how true it is but apparently there is a document from him that is kept in the family. My grandmother's side of the family is Ulrich Keener and Weaber ( used to be spelled Weber) I was able to trace back to the boat they came in in 1700s. My 5x great grandparents were Palentine refugees from Germany his wife's family was the first settlers in Bernville, PA her family name was Filbert and her husband was a Captain in the Berks Co militia during the Revolutionary War his name was Johann Heinrich Weber. Im related to an inventor, the first mayor of Reading and Weaber saw mill.
With the internet and on-going discovery of manuscripts (and being put online) it should be easier to find ancestors than when you had to go to a city or county location.
Wow 5 five generations in one Cemetery and two generations in another. You need to fix that one headstone. Also bring a flashlight with you if you hold it up beside the words the words will show up. . Trying to help you here. God bless you.
My ancestors also came from Germany in the late 1690's and early 1700's. Family legend was we had a countess who eloped with a many Xs grandfather along with a few of his brothers and settled in Northumberland Co. They were reputed to be radical Anabaptists (I do not know what sect). To confuse things, the brothers spelled their surname differently. Some of this information was found in an old family Bible. What is sort of creepy or interesting , depending on your perspective, is to find prints or photos and see your brother or sister or your own face.
have you looked them up on ancestry.com...it mentions Benjamin Franklin Zeller 18 Jan 1871 to 5 Feb 1962 spouses maiden name was Napp. They had 13 children; and Robert Zeller was the eldest...he had 11 children.
Skulls were a warning-no matter how much we have, we will all die. Wings on a skull usually mean rising to heaven. Books around that talk about the symbols on grave stones.
The skull represent death, that would be extremely old tombstone. Youll also see a version with wings, representing the angel of death. But its to remind people of their inevitable fate. Later on people started to use more cherub and angels on their tombstones
skull and cross bones on a tomb stones... "The skull and crossbones death head depicted on headstones were commonly used as ‘Memento Mori‘ symbols in the 16th to 17th centuries. They were a warning to us all that we cannot avoid death and no matter what our status is in life, we are all the same. " reference: headstonesymbols.co.uk/headstone-meanings-and-symbols/deathheads/
I love walking in old, local cemeteries. I have been to same ones you visited. I photograph all local Civil War vet's stones in Lebanon, Berks and some of Dauphin counties. Did you see all the turkey buzzards roosting on the Tulpehocken church bell tower ? Great vid !
I loved hearing and seeing, please keep sharing it was so interesting. I have tried and tried to find out what I could on both sides of my parents, and unfortunately Hitler, the Soviets and Russia took care of history
Very interesting how did you do the research besides family info , I'm doing mine through Ancestry.Com , just in the states my list so far is , Illinois where I'm from but live in Indiana so , Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,W Virginia, Virginia, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina then on to Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, AHHHH I'm a MUTT lolololol lolololol 😂, so yeah I've gotten back to 5th and 6th great grandparents thus far and some documents pictures and pictures of graves I didn't know existed , weird huh what a trip down the rabbit hole , some sad things too like my 2nd great aunt died in North Carolina in 1960s bridge collapsed she was a nurse she drowned aad really sad , never knew her but really good to find out my roots cuz most my family has passed , sorry to ramble on just saw this video and thought you might be interested so mask up Lone Ranger and give a HIGH. OOOO. SILVER LOLOLOLOL 🤣🤣🤣 TAKE CARE BROTHER LOLOLOLOL LATERS
Skull and crossbones definitely doesn't mean he was a bad man . Our church Pennepack Baptist in Philadelphia has graves dating back to 1600's. One of the earliest pastors graves has a skull and crossbones on the stone
The and crossbones death head depicted on were commonly used as 'Memento Mori' symbols in the 16th to 17th centuries. ... The represents death and was influenced by the ossuaries or charnel houses of the early centuries. The font isn't all that unusual on European headstones.
I looked up the story of Rebecca Hartman, and it is so interesting. She and her sister were taken captive after their father and brother were killed. The mother was grinding flour at the local mill, so she was away when the attack happened. The house was burned to the ground. 9 years later, after a peace treaty, all of the white captives were to be returned. Rebecca and her mother did not recognize each other. The colonel in charge of the captives suggested that she sing a song that her daughter might recognize. Without the hymn, she would not have been reunited with her mother. The full story is on fold3.com. The hymn, in English, is: "Alone, yet not alone am I; Though in this solitude so drear; I feel my Saviour always nigh; He comes the very hour to cheer; I am with Him, and He with me; E'en here alone I cannot be" -- what lyrics to capture the feelings she must have felt, being a captive.
A good older female (80 years old) friend that pase away a moth ago wa also a history reearcher and much more fluently in english than me. she was as a translater an holer of a cantine in a casern in stuttgart.
Just watched this video and totally enjoyed it! You showed a monument for Regina Leininger... she was my 5x Great Aunt. Her sister, Barbara was. My 5x Great Grandmother. There are books on their life stories. And a movie made by the same title as the song their mother sang to find Regina, called Alone, Yet Not Alone. A few years ago they made a movie of this by the same name and can see it right here on UA-cam!
I did the same research and found one side of my family, the German Finke's and their grave was dated 1777 in German!
cemeterys are always interesting.lots of history
I so appreciate you sharing yourself with the world.
The census is absolute gold when it comes to looking up information about your ancestors. The lousy part is when they didn’t bother to take part in it.
Sometimes when you see the smaller stones, they are footstones. Many old graves had a headstone and a footstone. Of course some are also separate childrens graves. The older graves with the skulls and weird writing were the style of the time. You will find strange abbreviations etc. Some of the better stone carvers were somewhat illiterate and sometimes they needed space on the stone for more information. B. for born D for died etc. Skulls and wings were a message of sorts. As you are now, I once was, As I am now, you will one day be.
There are books that explain what those symbols mean.
Its wonderful that you visit your ancestors graves. I put flowers on there grave quite alot. Mine are in a very rural area of wv. The cemetery is so old that the first row of stones are just plain brown fielstlnes. Any inscriptions have disappeared years ago. I both set of great n breath great grandparents buried there
I also have ancestors buried at Stouchburg, but could not find their tombstone. George Daniel Gensemer; there’s a plaque near the front with Revolutionary War Vets. Very cool cemetery and church!
Epic family history there! Please remember to take us all with you when you visit Fort Zeller. :)
I will
I just found your channel the other day, and I'm really interested. I enjoy similar things, exploring in central PA, and I also come from a PA Dutch family that came to America in the mid 1700s. Thank you for posting!
"Alone yet Not Alone" is a movie about the girl Regina taken by the Delawares. Probably a tear jerker lol --Cool find!
Thanks for sharing history of your family!!! It is said sad to see tombstones fallen and broken.
Mr. Snake was lucky a kind person like you found him and not some cold hearted type who would take fun out of needlessly killing him. Thank you for respecting our wildlife.
Cliff, Probably my favorite video of yours so much of a long family history ,and very impressive. At the end just chilling with your ancestors at sun down ... Very cool ...A 10+ rating ... Your passion for history with your ancestors being part of it ...Makes it all come together .. Be safe
Very fascinating, I love old cemeteries! This one is incredible, because people from the 17th century! Also, I am fascinated by the German gravestones with the totenkopf and fraktur writing.
A lot of things are wrong, dutch is from the netherlands, in germany they speak german thats a different language, some words look al like. Example geboren is dutch and gebohren is german.
Interesting to learn some if your families history Cliff...like I've said before I've always enjoyed walking through cemeteries and checking out the tombstones.. Thanks for sharing Cliff 😁
I was looking at your video here. Very nice video. FYI -- the death's head, skull, skull and crossbones, and skull with wings on headstones were images of "momento mori." Not a representation that the buried person was evil or good. It's a reminder to the living from the dead that we are all going to die one day and join them. It was very popular in the 1700s - 1800s. It can also be found on 'mourning jewelry' of that period. The different symbols on headstones can tell you a lot more about your ancestors than just their birth and death dates. For instance, a headstone shaped like a tree or a log is a symbol of membership in the Woodsmen of the World Society. Check out the book "Stories in Stone" by Douglas Keister.
Very interesting video on your family history! I loved seeing the old limestone churches and the walled cemetery. I watched your video entitled "The Haunted Moonshine Church and the Blue Eyed Six" recently. One of the tombstones you showed from Moonshine Church Cemetery was that of my 3rd Great Grandfather, David Miess. I was very surprised when I saw it! Of all the stones there, you happened to show that one! I j
ust recently found your You Tube channel and am enjoying watching all of your videos!
Thanks
Hi
Im rom germany and have many village/town hitory book here,where many storie from people are that went to the States or other countries.
Mostly letters that were from the writer to his far away village or farm mostly 6 months on the way.
In some boks i wrote many letters were awaite by the girlfriend ad male riens who want to go there too,to read (if they can)how it i over there..
The black gravestone is really unique
I hope i can help you to tranlate it.
Its handmade with a hammer and a metal tick,maybe te family cannot afor a ral nice gravestonewriting after the long an mostly very expensive journey from the german lands at all.
Here lies burried Johannes Kizmil (Kitzmüller?)
Born J69 January the 25.(MAYBE 1669?)
and died in 1745.
On the second cemetery the style and writing o that black gravestone looks similar to the first one..maybe the same man made for many people geavestone-around in the area writing in the stone?)
The others are really nice an cool ones.
My family came here in 1732 and settled near Bernville.. My Grandfather still spoke Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1950‘s
I think the skulls are what they called a death's head. They weren't meant to say the person was evil or anything. From what I read it was a common thing in those days meant to remind the living of their mortality.
Fascinating how your ancestors are all together in the same areas. There is a lot of very interesting reading out there about tombstone carving and the symbols that are used.
Great vid. I love to learn about family histories. The skull and bones is a early symbol of death. You find it on many early head stones along with angels. My ancestory on my Mom's side is Scorch Irish. My Dad's side German and Swiss. I do believe there are Zellers on my Weaver side. Perhaps we are cousins, who knows? Thanks Much! DaveyJO in Lanc. CO.
it was great watching the family history Vlog.. It's always cool when you find Revolutionary War and Civil War soldiers in the family.. The Chambers side of my family were from Pennsylvania.. I'm descended from Joseph Chambers, a Miller who lived on Fishing Creek near Harrisburg PA. He was a brother of Benjamin Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg PA.. As always, a great Vlog
There is a Chambers lake in Hibernia Park. Maybe relevant? Maybe not
I love family histories. My mom's family is famous as Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky belonged to my mom's family. The Clay's came to the new world not long after Jamestown was founded and my dad's family came to America from Britain in the first decade of the 20th century. As for the weird writing, take a photo and ask someone who specializes in languages. The imagery is what is in fashion and what the family decides at the time of death and how much they can afford. Penn. Dutch does have some words similar to English like "und" which sounds like "and". Keep researching family history.
Cliff, Regarding some of the oldest cemeteries where the original native stone markers are gone, and maybe some graves never marked. There should be a map of plots somewhere in the old church records. The first burials may have been marked in the original church's bible.
The farm burial plot for my Deeter ancestors at Deeter's Gap in Somerset County had nothing more than the native stone slabs until a millstone marker was erected in the 1950's for John and his Wife. who passed in the early 1800's. The old family bible did have a crude plot layout recorded in it. Unfortunately one family carted the Bible with them on a move to Pittsburgh and the Bible disappeared and is no longer to be found.
Cool videos. Your ancestor , Franz Paul's son Jacob married Susanna Trautman whose father also fought in the Revolutionary war. They are also buried at Trinity.
Wow I really enjoyed that. Lots of your history there. Mine are strewn over England and Scotland. Thanks so much for taking me Long
Great vid. I love to learn about family histories.
"Allein, und doch nicht ganz allein, Bin ich in meiner Einsamkeit." Up and down the line she went. Sawquehanna, the Indian girl, heard the sound, listened ...
Alone but not complete alone, thats me in mine lonelynes. Alleen maar toch niet geheel alleen, dat ben ik in mijn eenzaamheid
You and my daughter would get along sooooo well She just loves to go to old cemeteries and look at the stones . . Can’t say I blame her cause I enjoy going along and doing the same thing. I’d rather be alive in those places than under the ground like the dead ones. Keep making those videos I try and watch them all.
I hope you take a picture of you gravestones when you find them. You can submit them to find a grave website if they aren’t already on there. This is good for any of your family doing genealogy or building your family tree. Also always check the church or cemetery for their records could have additional information or helps when you can’t read the stone. And yes someone at church or cemetery can show you where your family is
Cool trip! Thanks for taking us along, I found it fascinating!
I started researching my mom's family and found out so much I was told we are related to Benjamin Franklin but I dont know how true it is but apparently there is a document from him that is kept in the family. My grandmother's side of the family is Ulrich Keener and Weaber ( used to be spelled Weber) I was able to trace back to the boat they came in in 1700s. My 5x great grandparents were Palentine refugees from Germany his wife's family was the first settlers in Bernville, PA her family name was Filbert and her husband was a Captain in the Berks Co militia during the Revolutionary War his name was Johann Heinrich Weber. Im related to an inventor, the first mayor of Reading and Weaber saw mill.
That’s cool I’m apparently related too Abraham Lincoln
Fascinating and intriguing!
HEY! My name is Zellers too, and I'm from PA!!!!
Very interesting video. My family came from Germany as well in the mid 1700s. They ended up settling in Shafferstown area before branching out.
Yeah, our ancestors came over about the same time, mine settled in over in Newmanstown just down the road
New subscriber from the UK. Very interesting videos - I'm enjoying them a lot.
Thanks for watching
Thankyou for shareing with us its very interesting to see , i love the old tombstones and the stone walls 🙏💜👍
It's getting dark,time to sleep next to a tombstone ,with the crickets just starting waking up.
The "weird writing" appears to be runes. Scandinavian?
With the internet and on-going discovery of manuscripts (and being put online) it should be easier to find ancestors than when you had to go to a city or county location.
Wow 5 five generations in one Cemetery and two generations in another. You need to fix that one headstone. Also bring a flashlight with you if you hold it up beside the words the words will show up. . Trying to help you here. God bless you.
Next time you visit Johnathons tumb stone bring a shovel and some cement and it should stand for years to come.
My ancestors also came from Germany in the late 1690's and early 1700's. Family legend was we had a countess who eloped with a many Xs grandfather along with a few of his brothers and settled in Northumberland Co. They were reputed to be radical Anabaptists (I do not know what sect). To confuse things, the brothers spelled their surname differently. Some of this information was found in an old family Bible. What is sort of creepy or interesting , depending on your perspective, is to find prints or photos and see your brother or sister or your own face.
have you looked them up on ancestry.com...it mentions Benjamin Franklin Zeller 18 Jan 1871 to 5 Feb 1962 spouses maiden name was Napp.
They had 13 children; and Robert Zeller was the eldest...he had 11 children.
The type style on the skull tombstones looks similar to World War II German military cemetery markers I have seen
You can learn so much researching your family roots ...
Looks like you have some good genes in your family! I didn’t think people lived almost till their eighties in he late 1700/1800’s!
Skulls were a warning-no matter how much we have, we will all die. Wings on a skull usually mean rising to heaven. Books around that talk about the symbols on grave stones.
Cool you are related to the Fort Zeller history, my wife lived near there and researched some of the history
The skull represent death, that would be extremely old tombstone. Youll also see a version with wings, representing the angel of death. But its to remind people of their inevitable fate. Later on people started to use more cherub and angels on their tombstones
skull and cross bones on a tomb stones... "The skull and crossbones death head depicted on headstones were commonly used as ‘Memento Mori‘ symbols in the 16th to 17th centuries. They were a warning to us all that we cannot avoid death and no matter what our status is in life, we are all the same. " reference: headstonesymbols.co.uk/headstone-meanings-and-symbols/deathheads/
So sad this one was flooded. Thanks for the history.
I love walking in old, local cemeteries. I have been to same ones you visited. I photograph all local Civil War vet's stones in Lebanon, Berks and some of Dauphin counties. Did you see all the turkey buzzards roosting on the Tulpehocken church bell tower ? Great vid !
Did not see the buzzards.
Have a new grave headstone be made in honor of your ancestors. Great video
It's wonderful/amazing when you go visit a "family/ancestry" graveyard.
Wonderful video
I loved hearing and seeing, please keep sharing it was so interesting. I have tried and tried to find out what I could on both sides of my parents, and unfortunately Hitler, the Soviets and Russia took care of history
There are local archives, in the netherlands there is a lot to find.
I have done alot of Genelogy lately it's really cool I've gone back to the 1500s on my grandmother's side the Gregory's
Loved the church’s and cemetery’s
Very interesting how did you do the research besides family info , I'm doing mine through Ancestry.Com , just in the states my list so far is , Illinois where I'm from but live in Indiana so , Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,W Virginia, Virginia, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina then on to Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland, AHHHH I'm a MUTT lolololol lolololol 😂, so yeah I've gotten back to 5th and 6th great grandparents thus far and some documents pictures and pictures of graves I didn't know existed , weird huh what a trip down the rabbit hole , some sad things too like my 2nd great aunt died in North Carolina in 1960s bridge collapsed she was a nurse she drowned aad really sad , never knew her but really good to find out my roots cuz most my family has passed , sorry to ramble on just saw this video and thought you might be interested so mask up Lone Ranger and give a HIGH. OOOO. SILVER LOLOLOLOL 🤣🤣🤣 TAKE CARE BROTHER LOLOLOLOL LATERS
That strange lettering reminds me of Coptic .
Skull and crossbones definitely doesn't mean he was a bad man . Our church Pennepack Baptist in Philadelphia has graves dating back to 1600's. One of the earliest pastors graves has a skull and crossbones on the stone
thanks for the info
I went to school with some Zellers, going to Tulpehocken, they might have been related to you.
Any connection to the "Zellers" chain stores in Canada?
Hello Edith...funny I was wondering the same thing..I'm from Ontario, Canada.
I've climbed a mountain looking for my family grandfather was Capt David Strauss under Washington.
I wonder if were possibly related because our last names are a letter off (S)
Any Mc"Curdys buried there, I know they settled I n Penn, also fought with George Washington.
The and crossbones death head depicted on were commonly used as 'Memento Mori' symbols in the 16th to 17th centuries. ... The represents death and was influenced by the ossuaries or charnel houses of the early centuries. The font isn't all that unusual on European headstones.
WELL THAT'S GOOD YOU FOUND YOUR ANCESTORS I TOO WANTS TO FIND MINES
I looked up the story of Rebecca Hartman, and it is so interesting. She and her sister were taken captive after their father and brother were killed. The mother was grinding flour at the local mill, so she was away when the attack happened. The house was burned to the ground. 9 years later, after a peace treaty, all of the white captives were to be returned. Rebecca and her mother did not recognize each other. The colonel in charge of the captives suggested that she sing a song that her daughter might recognize. Without the hymn, she would not have been reunited with her mother. The full story is on fold3.com. The hymn, in English, is: "Alone, yet not alone am I; Though in this solitude so drear; I feel my Saviour always nigh; He comes the very hour to cheer; I am with Him, and He with me; E'en here alone I cannot be" -- what lyrics to capture the feelings she must have felt, being a captive.
A good older female (80 years old) friend that pase away a moth ago wa also a history reearcher and much more fluently in english than me.
she was as a translater an holer of a cantine in a casern in stuttgart.
God Bless you both
Could be a Freemason or even Knight of the Templar!!!Memento Mori, a reminder of our own mortality
Knight of the Golden Dawn maybe? 322?
Hello Mc'Curdys on Penn, where some of our fore father's buried
"Chilling with a bunch of dead people" -- LOL!!! You could have worse company after all:)
Maybe youthful Cliff would rather be chilling with a bunch of live people on a Saturday nite at the local watering hole.
So interesting.
Is anything not next to a busy highway or street out there.
411. Looked up symbols of grave stones found to be very interesting. Skull and crossbones just means death.
That's great
Maybe he was a pirate!!!
very interesting
Thanks
If you take a crayon and paper you can possibly read it then
Skull and Crossed Bones means..DEATH
The link i left. Is about the6 skhull
The skull means MORTALITY
Funny how last night names changed over time..
So was Jonathan your 3rd gg~grandfather
try find a grave.com you can find almost any grave with picture of grave
skull and bones 322. secret society. lucifarians.
those are fallen angels on those stones. those people were lucifarian. the weird text is their alphabet. ruins.
Bethel is my town
Anglo Saxon
do you know a john zellerhe is my wifes uncle
The skull could mean.contamiated.poison.plagued
A skull and crossbones meant that the person died of a contagious disease.