Finding your Family Graves is more then documenting your family line. Seeing the pictures also is very warm feeling. Knowing that is where your roots are and your family walked on these grounds. Some of the graveyards have been not taken care of properly. Hopefully the family will care enough. to make their families resting place a place where the family can be proud. There is alot of people trying, to clean the graveyards. Let's try to help them.

Anthony B & Florence Carey	Dominic Carey	Patrick and Mary Carey	William B. Carey		Edward Connors Fireman	Edward J. Connors
	Mary A Connors		Mary M Connors	Patrick Connors	Connors Monument		Devitt
John and Mary Fehey'		Martin and Gaynell M Mack				George H. and Minnie M. Miller	June C and Mary E. Miller
	James V and Mary Monaghan				Michael Sweeney Sarah Devitt William L. V. Sweeney

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Anthony B Carey and Florence"s Grave Stone Dominic Carey"s Grave Stone Patrick Carey and Mary's Grave Stone  Group Shot Patrick Carey and Mary's Grave Stone Dr. William Carey's Grave Stone Connor's  Grave Stone  Group of Five Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Edward Connor's  Grave Stone  Fireman Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Edward J. Connor's  Grave Stone  Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Mary A Connors's  Grave Stone  Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Mary M Connors's  Grave Stone  Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Patrick Connors'  Grave Stone  Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Connors'  Center Grave Stone  Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Devitt  Grave Stone John and Mary Fehey's Grave Stone Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa John and Mary Fahey's Grave Stone Group Shot Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Martin and Nellie. Macks Grave Stone Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa Martin and Gaynell M. Macks Grave Stone Annunciation Cemetery Shenandoah. Pa James V and Mary Monaghan's Grave Stone Regina Diana Neischswender's Grave Stone Nathaneil and Emma R Moser Neischswender's Grave Stone Levi M Neischswender's Grave Stone Estella V Neischswender and Wlliam Long's Grave Stone and infant son Valeria M Mengle's Grave Stone Emma E. Reinsel Mengel's Grave Stone Maria L Mengel Neischswender's Grave Stone Edward F. Kauffman and Maggie M Mengel Kauffman's Grave Stone Lyndia L. Mengel's Grave Stone  wife of Dr. Isaac Leo Mingle Lloyd M Mengle and Kate Susan Miller Mengel's Grave Stone Valeria. M. Kauffman, Thomas Kauffman, Lillian M. Mengel Kauffman's Grave Stone Jacob M Mengel and Leanda Susanna Balthaser Mengel's Grave Stone Jacob L Mengel and Hettie Miller Mengel's Grave Stone Harrioson Miller Mengel Rosa Alice Fegley Mengel's Grave Stone Jacob and Hannah Lesher Mengel's Grave Stone and son Nathaneil David M Mengle's Grave Stone David L Mengel's Grave Stone Charles Jacob Mengel 's Grave Stone Charles Jacob and Anna Lousia Mengel 's Front of  Grave Stone Charles A and Callie V Mengel's Grave Stone Anna Louisa Mengel 's Grave Stone June C and Mary E Miller's Grave Stone Miller Lynch's Grave Stone  Fountain Springs Pa Miller Keller Monaghan's Grave Stone Group Shot St. Joe's  Fountain Springs Pa Michael and Sarah Sweeney and son William  Grave Stone Patrick Sweeney Grave Stone Patrick and Ellen Sweeney ,John, Elizabeth Grave Stone Michael and Sarah Sweeney and son William  Grave Stone Mass Cards Death Records for Mengel In Berks County Pa Anthony J. Carey's Death Certifcate Enlargement of Anthony J. Carey's Death Certifcate James G. Maloney Death Letter Saint Josephs Cemetery Graves Find a Grave  outside link

Interesting Facts about burials

The closer to the church wall you were buried the worst a person you were. These were reserved for the unfit or a person who took there on live.. As the saying goes "bury you were the sun doesn't shine", meant that you were bury by the wall that did not have sun or only shade. and it meant you were not a nice person. The direction your body faced counted. Buried face up is good, face down not good. Buried with feet face south or north counted also..

Different Designs on Tomestones  give you clues and what is allow and not allow depending on your culture or religious believes.

Most wakes were held in the house and each culture had a different of what the wake should be.

Irish believe the louder the crying the better changes of getting to heaven. They would actually have people to just cry over the body.They were called wailers....

The Welsh did not agree with this or other cultures.

There was always someone with the body at all times. Just in case the person would come alive again. Which did happen at this time, many were buried alive not knowing they didn't die but just were in coma or sleeping soundly.

Burials were written up in the paper and if you were of any wealth, the coffin was written about as a status to you.

Example a beautiful Oak Coffin...Many died without a proper burial lack of money. poor people who could not afford a plot or stone. Many had just a rock to mark there spot...or a wooden cross made of branches.

There was also a custom, of taking a picture of the deceased and hanging it in your Parlor for a year.

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