Historical Noel Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio

The Noel Cemetery is listed on "Find A Grave" and the list contains 46 interments. 

Sharing "Common-Place: Tales from the Vault" about Sylvia Lewis Tyler buried at the Vienna Township Center Cemetery in Trumbull County, Ohio.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!

To help celebrate the brand new year, I thought I would share an account about a 30 year diary and its author that was the subject of story by Alden O'Brien in her Tales from the Vault

Sylvia Lewis Tyler, the author of the diary, also has a memorial posted for her on "Find A Grave" that lists the names of her children.

If you are up for a good read this last day of the old year that just might hold your interest enough to extend into your new year, may I suggest settling down with this story.  You may be prompted to add your own comments to the others already posted about it when you are finished.    

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**Alden O'Brien is the curator of costume, textiles, and toys at the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C. Her exhibits have included "The Stuff of Childhood: Artifacts and Attitudes 1750-1900," "Costume Myths and Mysteries," and "Something Old, Something New: Inventing the American Wedding." She is currently working on "Fashioning the New Woman," an exhibit on women and fashions of the Progressive Era

Sharing a Tranquil Scene at Saint Colmans Cemetery in Washington Court House, Ohio -- And Spotlighting the Fayette County Genealogical Society, a Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

On this snowy Sunday I'd like to share a peaceful winter cemetery scene at a section near the fence at Saint Colmans Cemetery located in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio.  

This photograph was taken yesterday by Gail Allen who has the good fortune to live next to the cemetery!! 

As Gail pointed out to me, the photograph is in color -- it just looks like it is only dark brown (almost black) and white due to the heavier snow that had fallen overnight that currently covers the landscape.  

Thank you, Gail for taking a moment during your busy day to snap this interesting picture and sharing it with us.

Gail is the new editor of "The Fayette Connection" newsletter which is published by the Fayette County Genealogical Society.  She does a great job with the the content and layout of the publication, which includes in each issue color photographs of unusual gravestones.  They have been wonderful additions to the material featured in the newsletter that I have always found informative as well as entertaining!  

Also, Gail has updated the society's website  this past year so those of you who have been familiar with it but haven't looked at it lately, may wish to re-visit it soon.   Don't forget to browse through the section on the society's website that offers a listing of  FCGS publications to see if there is a book you don't have yet that you just might like to order to add to your genealogical research collection.

If you have ancestors who lived and/or were buried in Fayette County, Ohio, and are not a member of the Fayette County Genealogical Society, which is a chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, please consider joining!!  You'll quickly find that receiving "The Fayette Connection" is a big benefit of membership that will help you learn more about the area where your ancestors lived.  You can contribute with queries or stories of your own Fayette county ancestors.  You just might make your own connection with some new cousins -- 3 times removed of course! 

Happy New Year Everyone!!   

Presently, on Find A Grave, there are 55 burials at Saint Colmans Cemetery