I just happened upon another video of your cemetery tours while trying to locate an ancestor in the area. Then I saw this one. Beautiful drone work of the area and I appreciate your sensitivity and respect for the places and people there. I have numerous ancestors in the Chestnut Level New Cemetery from the 1800s. I was there at dusk in September. I'd been planting bulbs at the graves of ancestors at the Drumore Friends Cemetery. Twilight at Chestnut Level was magical!
Chestnut Level was indeed a beautiful location, and it’s obvious that someone is taking care of it. It IS odd to me though that the “new” cemetery has a 1960 date when in fact there are so many burials that predate that by many, many years. I am planning to return to PA in the spring/summer of 2024 as there is so much history to be found there. Thank you so much for watching, and your comment too. I hope you find my other videos as pleasing to watch. Look for Tschantz Graveyard in my list - you’ll love it! ~Jason
Incredible cemetery and the view is breathtaking. Thank you for showing us this. My ancestors lived in the surrounding areas and came to America in 1624. They are buried in Chestnut Hill Cem. in Pa. Being I am in SE Texas, I appreciate getting to see how beautiful the area that many of my ancestors lived and pioneered. Wish I could have visited the area in my lifetime.
Hello Donna! Comments like yours make these trips worthwhile. Few things make me happier than connecting someone out there in the world with a place I've gone to and done video. Yes, that area of PA is truly beautiful - and I've got plans to visit more of it over this spring and summer. If you have specifics on where your family is buried, send it my way and we'll try to include some shots for you. You can find my contact info in the "About Me" part of my channel. I would love to hear from you. Thank you for watching! ~Jason
Absolutely love the carvings n Elizabeth King's stone. Incredible and still such a legible stone. I've seen a few cemeteries that'll install new smaller flat stones in front of the old ones so that the names will be in place. I'm sure that's probably too costly for most, but I certainly appreciate the effort when I see it! Nice job.
One thing that REALLY hit me when I was looking at her husband's stone (1763) was that the box right beside him was put there in 1871. More than 100 years passed by between those two memorials being placed 6 inches apart. So much history blew by in that time... The Revolutionary War, and later the Civil War... That fact just kinda hit me like a brick when I was standing there looking at them. And yes, Elizabeth's stone is beautiful for being nearly 300 years old! That black slate really holds the carvings well.
@@ExploringHistoryTogether I know exactly what you mean. I sometimes get so lost in thought on cemetery visits and driving between cemeteries.... thinking about the lives they led, the things they experienced. The love that went into some of the handmade stones (the handmade ones always get me).
On occasion, I do run across other languages… mostly Hebrew. But if you watch my Tschantz Graveyard video, you will certainly see some old German there. Thank you so much for watching, and feel free to share the video links!
I just happened upon another video of your cemetery tours while trying to locate an ancestor in the area. Then I saw this one. Beautiful drone work of the area and I appreciate your sensitivity and respect for the places and people there. I have numerous ancestors in the Chestnut Level New Cemetery from the 1800s. I was there at dusk in September. I'd been planting bulbs at the graves of ancestors at the Drumore Friends Cemetery. Twilight at Chestnut Level was magical!
Chestnut Level was indeed a beautiful location, and it’s obvious that someone is taking care of it. It IS odd to me though that the “new” cemetery has a 1960 date when in fact there are so many burials that predate that by many, many years. I am planning to return to PA in the spring/summer of 2024 as there is so much history to be found there. Thank you so much for watching, and your comment too. I hope you find my other videos as pleasing to watch. Look for Tschantz Graveyard in my list - you’ll love it! ~Jason
Incredible cemetery and the view is breathtaking. Thank you for showing us this. My ancestors lived in the surrounding areas and came to America in 1624. They are buried in Chestnut Hill Cem. in Pa. Being I am in SE Texas, I appreciate getting to see how beautiful the area that many of my ancestors lived and pioneered. Wish I could have visited the area in my lifetime.
Hello Donna! Comments like yours make these trips worthwhile. Few things make me happier than connecting someone out there in the world with a place I've gone to and done video. Yes, that area of PA is truly beautiful - and I've got plans to visit more of it over this spring and summer. If you have specifics on where your family is buried, send it my way and we'll try to include some shots for you. You can find my contact info in the "About Me" part of my channel. I would love to hear from you. Thank you for watching! ~Jason
I've been here several years ago. Clarks, Boyds, and Bishops are my ancestors. Loved seeing this video.
Thank you for watching, Linda! Did I happen to pass by any of your ancestors' stones? ~Jason
@@ExploringHistoryTogether The Clarks but saw Capt Boyd's grave (Rev War) in the distance.
Great video...
Thank you for watching! This one is among my own top favorites... Might have to go back this summer! ~Jason
Great video. Thx.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely love the carvings n Elizabeth King's stone. Incredible and still such a legible stone. I've seen a few cemeteries that'll install new smaller flat stones in front of the old ones so that the names will be in place. I'm sure that's probably too costly for most, but I certainly appreciate the effort when I see it! Nice job.
One thing that REALLY hit me when I was looking at her husband's stone (1763) was that the box right beside him was put there in 1871. More than 100 years passed by between those two memorials being placed 6 inches apart. So much history blew by in that time... The Revolutionary War, and later the Civil War... That fact just kinda hit me like a brick when I was standing there looking at them. And yes, Elizabeth's stone is beautiful for being nearly 300 years old! That black slate really holds the carvings well.
@@ExploringHistoryTogether I know exactly what you mean. I sometimes get so lost in thought on cemetery visits and driving between cemeteries.... thinking about the lives they led, the things they experienced. The love that went into some of the handmade stones (the handmade ones always get me).
Thank you for visiting these old places. Do you find also incriptions in other languages or even letters?
On occasion, I do run across other languages… mostly Hebrew. But if you watch my Tschantz Graveyard video, you will certainly see some old German there. Thank you so much for watching, and feel free to share the video links!
At the 14:00 mark the gravestone for Andrew Caldwell reads, "Here lies ye remains of Andrew Caldwell departed June the 27th 1757. Aged 45 Years.
Is Andrew an ancestor of yours?