Ha, what a coincidence...another subscriber here with a great great grandfather named Thomas O'Toole! (1839-1907). He came to USA from Ireland after the famine and was a fruit peddler in Chicago. Married Mary O'Neil from County Mayo. They are buried in Chicago in my neighborhood in a small family plot with their sons, one being my great grandfather, and his wife.
I always see this weird graveyard driving down a street close to my house in NJ. It's located at 41°05'15.5"N 74°10'21.4"W. about 20-30ft into the woods. Looks like it could use help. I saw you on Diresta's channel and I follow you now. Love your work.
How would I suggest a very small graveyard with damaged stones located on the family farm in Kentucky where my daughter lives? In the late 70's before it became so overgrown, the oldest stone I recall had a date of 1792. The farm has been in my ex wife's family over a 100 years.
I consider myself high in common sense, but using a block of wood as sort of an extension of the pack bar for leverage seems genius to me! That is a trick that will stick with me for life now. Not only as an extension, but also as a buffer to protect whatever you are moving. As an HVAC installer i find myself moving and leveling cement oads a lot so this trick will be very handy to me!
@@Stahlgewitter this is more like using one wrench to help turn another one. You have the tools, you know how to use them properly, but never thought about to combine them in a new way.
Really enjoy your videos very informative. I have a similar situation, recently found out about a former family plot of land with a cemetery of many of my ancestors going back 7 generations to my first ancestor that came to Canada. Unfortunately as far as i can tell the cemetery isn't maintained and hssnt been for a long time. i was thinking of trying to mow the lawn if possible but now im wondering how feasible it would be to clean up some of the headstones. Any tips you can recommend, I'm guessing it deoends on the headstones material,
It's so cool to 1) still have the family land, and 2) be able to keep your ancestors so close to home. This should be a more common practice. EDIT: Oh wait...I thought this was on HIS property.
So exciting! I, too, have Irish ancestors in the same general area. Mine came to, and are buried in, a tiny town just over the border in PA from Chemung NY which is pretty much straight south of Syracuse. They were a fair bit earlier, coming over in the 1830s. They came and went, back and forth to Ireland a few times which made researching them difficult. Every time I thought I had them nailed down, I'd find an earlier date! 😂 I'd have to pull out my paperwork to give accurate date since it's been a few years. I do know the first were born in 1811, 1815, 1821 and they were young. Some unmarried and one couple whose child was born either during the crossing - I think this might be the case since there is conflicting info on whether they were a couple or a couple with baby. Or it could just be bad record keeping. There was no Dept of Immigration then and people just sort of came and went as they pleased! The only records were ship's passenger manifests. Thanks for bringing this one to us! How lucky to be able to see and care for old family graves. 🤍
@@millennialstonecleaner I was amazed to learn how often they returned home to Ireland and back again, bringing new family members and others deciding to stay for a time before they returned to the US. These weren't wealthy people, so it never occurred to me that that was "a thing"! And, yep, it was a nightmare to trace! Add to that a common last name (Driscoll) combined with all the commonly used Christian names - Joseph, Catherine, etc - and I took a few wrong turns along the way. Tracing things backwards in Ireland was nearly impossible due to destruction of records, but has become easier in the past few years. I need to get back to it, actually!
Ha, what a coincidence...another subscriber here with a great great grandfather named Thomas O'Toole! (1839-1907). He came to USA from Ireland after the famine and was a fruit peddler in Chicago. Married Mary O'Neil from County Mayo. They are buried in Chicago in my neighborhood in a small family plot with their sons, one being my great grandfather, and his wife.
That’s a coincidence!
I love the work you do. One correction to the story. The family would have ended the U.S. at Castle Garden. Ellis Island doesnt open until 1892.
Thanks for the clarification you are certainly correct.
I always see this weird graveyard driving down a street close to my house in NJ. It's located at 41°05'15.5"N 74°10'21.4"W. about 20-30ft into the woods. Looks like it could use help. I saw you on Diresta's channel and I follow you now. Love your work.
Hey thanks for checking things out over here happy to have you. It’s possible I’ll be out with Jimmy again come summer.
I hope another lilac bush can be planted, a bit farther away from the stone! Great job!
Yes, i too felt sad to see the old lilac treated that way. It is a traditional grave marker in my area, and they are long-lived bushes.
How would I suggest a very small graveyard with damaged stones located on the family farm in Kentucky where my daughter lives? In the late 70's before it became so overgrown, the oldest stone I recall had a date of 1792. The farm has been in my ex wife's family over a 100 years.
I consider myself high in common sense, but using a block of wood as sort of an extension of the pack bar for leverage seems genius to me!
That is a trick that will stick with me for life now. Not only as an extension, but also as a buffer to protect whatever you are moving.
As an HVAC installer i find myself moving and leveling cement oads a lot so this trick will be very handy to me!
Tools! They're awesome!!
@@Stahlgewitter this is more like using one wrench to help turn another one. You have the tools, you know how to use them properly, but never thought about to combine them in a new way.
Glad you found it helpful and I wish I could claim to have had it as an original idea but pretty cool all the tricks out there for tools.
Love watching your technique. Every video, you tackle unique challenges. Keep up the great content. Educational and entertaining every time.
Excellent job!
Wakey wakey!! It’s time to plow! 3:42
It looks great! You guys did an a really good job!
You are Amazing, always Fascinating! 🤩 💙💙🌊💙💙
Love your work ❤
Really enjoy your videos very informative. I have a similar situation, recently found out about a former family plot of land with a cemetery of many of my ancestors going back 7 generations to my first ancestor that came to Canada. Unfortunately as far as i can tell the cemetery isn't maintained and hssnt been for a long time. i was thinking of trying to mow the lawn if possible but now im wondering how feasible it would be to clean up some of the headstones. Any tips you can recommend, I'm guessing it deoends on the headstones material,
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Peterboro Cemetery in Madison county?
Yes
It's so cool to 1) still have the family land, and 2) be able to keep your ancestors so close to home. This should be a more common practice.
EDIT: Oh wait...I thought this was on HIS property.
What cemetery is this?
So exciting! I, too, have Irish ancestors in the same general area. Mine came to, and are buried in, a tiny town just over the border in PA from Chemung NY which is pretty much straight south of Syracuse. They were a fair bit earlier, coming over in the 1830s. They came and went, back and forth to Ireland a few times which made researching them difficult. Every time I thought I had them nailed down, I'd find an earlier date! 😂 I'd have to pull out my paperwork to give accurate date since it's been a few years. I do know the first were born in 1811, 1815, 1821 and they were young. Some unmarried and one couple whose child was born either during the crossing - I think this might be the case since there is conflicting info on whether they were a couple or a couple with baby. Or it could just be bad record keeping. There was no Dept of Immigration then and people just sort of came and went as they pleased! The only records were ship's passenger manifests.
Thanks for bringing this one to us! How lucky to be able to see and care for old family graves. 🤍
Kinda crazy to think about folks going back and forth in that era..and tracing the records for you would be quite the challenge
@@millennialstonecleaner
I was amazed to learn how often they returned home to Ireland and back again, bringing new family members and others deciding to stay for a time before they returned to the US. These weren't wealthy people, so it never occurred to me that that was "a thing"! And, yep, it was a nightmare to trace! Add to that a common last name (Driscoll) combined with all the commonly used Christian names - Joseph, Catherine, etc - and I took a few wrong turns along the way. Tracing things backwards in Ireland was nearly impossible due to destruction of records, but has become easier in the past few years. I need to get back to it, actually!