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What is going on with this chart?? This chart is a map of the connections among family names at Pleasant View Cemetery. It is just a beginning. We know that many more names are connected than we have represented here. With few exceptions, a connecting line between two names indicates a marriage between those two families, sometimes multiple marriages. If any of those unions produced children (and most did) then the various descendants are cousins of some sort, or at least cousins of cousins! One exception is the Parrett - Parrott connection which is not a marriage, but a change in spelling that occurred in one generation. The colors don't represent much, but make family groupings easier to spot. All of these are names that someone was buried with at Pleasant View, so maiden names are not included here unless we have someone here under that name. The one exception to that is the name in black & white (Galbreath) which is connected to both Kelly and Graham -- no Galbreaths are actually at PVC, they are mostly in Tualatin. Anyway, have fun exploring your connections and check back as the chart continues to grow in size and complexity. |
A Few Research Tips
There are two primary ways to search for people here: 1)The main alphabetical listing and the 2)cemetery map. Either way will take you to individual links to people in the cemetery where you will find whatever information we have about them. If you are researching for genealogy info, you should try the alpha list first, find what Lot they (or a close relative) are in, and then go to the cemetery map. Click on the block that contains that Lot # to see where the individual is located and most importantly, who the near neighbors are. Cemetery lots were commonly sold in groups of 6 or 12 (a half row or a whole row) so if the near neighbors are related, probably all 6 or all 12 for that row are relatives as well, regardless of their surnames.
People are generally filed here by the name they had when they were buried, so women who marry - especially more than once - may not be readily apparent as relatives. Check first names and dates to see if those match the person you are looking for. Try the Site Search below to search by first names (or by any other term). Of course this will be easier if you are looking for Hilda than if you are looking for Mary!
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Unmarked
Graves
Checking the block map is especially important because it shows
burials without a monument as well as those with monuments. It
will also indicate who shares a monument with someone else.
There are between 200 and 300 missing monuments at Pleasant View, a
combination of those lost or deteriorated over time and those who
never received a permanent marker. Early burials were recorded
as "south half of Lot 25" or "north half of Lot 25", so for those
missing markers, the exact location within the family plot may be an
estimation. We do occasionally find missing monuments that
have just sunk below the sod, and when we do, that information gets
updated.
Additional Family Members
If your genealogy
research is based heavily on census records (Ancestry.com, for
instance), keep in mind that children who are born and die within
one ten-year census reporting period will never appear in any
census. The family cemetery plot is often the only place to
find evidence of these additional family members who belong in the
family tree.
On-going Data Management
As any researcher knows,
data from different sources is not always in agreement. Even
monuments carved in stone have been known to be in error!
Information on this site comes from the following sources, any of
which may, or may not, agree with each other or with the information
you have, so you will have to use your best judgment as to its
veracity:
1) Monuments - There are photos and transcriptions for each one with the date of the last survey. This next year (2011-12) I plan to do a full re-survey that will pick up recent monuments, new inscriptions, and monument repairs completed since the last survey date.
2) Ledger Notes - I have transcribed these as they appear in the original ledger, but their completeness and accuracy varies.
3) Obituaries
- When people find obituaries in newspaper archives, they are often
kind enough to pass them along to me.
I post them, with their source when I have it. Obituaries often
contain a wealth of information, but they are not infallible either.
4) Family Contributions and Remembrances - When people send them, I generally post them as is, without further verification. This includes photos as well.
5) My Own Research - As I work with Ancestry.com and discover maiden names that can help identify relationships, I have been adding those, as well as verifying other information and relationships.
Your Assistance is Appreciated
If you come across
information that I can add to any of these individuals please send
it along with directions for who it should be posted with. A
scanned .jpg file or text that I can simply copy and paste under a
specific individual is best. If you discover obvious errors
that I have made - entering the wrong century for instance, or
someone who seems to have been buried before they died - by all
means let me know so I can correct it! You can email it to me
here:
Charlotte Lehan, PVC Webmaster
Happy Researching!