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In the genealogy world you go to a lot of strange places. One of these for me is abandoned cemeteries. I always feel bad finding these places. Not only is a piece of history lost someone’s family member has been lost. I have a few cemeteries tied to my family that range from grass mowed, people visit to up on a hill where only a few people a year visit. I clean headstones as a freelance cleaner as well so I’ve seen places that had none of my family either.

Thanks for reading my bit of a rant there and I’d like to say one more thing if you find an abandoned cemetery (on public property be careful not to trespass) report it to your local historic society they may be able to help and try and help save history and people’s memory by using find a grave.

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