Genealogy Bucket-List Locations, Part 4

Mendenhall Cemetery in Yorkshire, Ohio

 One of the things I would love to do in my lifetime is to visit all of my known direct ancestors gravesites. A lot of the more recent ancestors are buried in Dayton, Ohio in the Calvary Cemetery. My 5th Great-Grandfather, however, is not buried there. 

Richard Mendenhall was born on 14 Nov 1794 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He moved to Ohio where most of my recent and myself are from. He passed away on 25 April 1871 in Darke County, Ohio at the age of 76. Richard is buried in the Mendenhall Cemetery in Yorkshire, Darke County, Ohio. I'm not sure if this cemetery is named after him or one of his relatives.

There are a total of 28 matching records for the surname of Mendenhall on Findagrave.com for this cemetery...let's see how many are in my tree:

1. Aaron Mendenhall (1828-1894)- 4th Great-Grandfather
2. Allen Mendenhall (1846-1871)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 
3. Antony Mendenhall (1847-1870)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 
4. Benjamin Mendenhall (1848-1895)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
5. Catharine Brown Mendenhall (1858-1910)- wife of 1st cousin, 5x removed 
6. Charles E. Mendenhall (1838-1882)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
7. Christena Speelman Mendenhall (1835-1920)- 4th great-grandmother
8. Elizabeth Mendenhall (1850-1855)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 
9. James P. Mendenhall (1841-1853)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
10. John W. Mendenhall (1877-1894)- 3rd great-granduncle
11. Levi Mendenhall (1834-1861)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
12. Mary Elizabeth Goslee Mendenhall (1859-1917)- wife of 1st cousin, 5x removed 
13. Olive Pearson Mendenhall (1799-1870)- 5th great-grandaunt
14. Rebecca Davidson Mendenhall (1823-1891)- 4th great-grandaunt
15. Richard Mendenhall (1828-1852)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
16. Richard Mendenhall (1794-1871)- 5th Great-Grandfather
17. Robert Mendenhall (1822-1875)- 4th great-granduncle
18. Robert E. Mendenhall (1857-1917)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 
19. Sarah Mendenhall (1830-1856)- 4th great-grandaunt
20. Sarah Pearson Mendenhall (1795-1866)- 5th great-grandmother
21. Sarah A. Mendenhall (1829-1849)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
22. Sarah J. Mendenhall (1849-1869)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
23. Serepta York Mendenhall (1844-1872)- wife of 1st cousin, 6x removed 
24. Thomas Mendenhall (1796-1865)- 5th great-granduncle
25. Thomas Mendenhall (1853-1910)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 
26. Thomas E. Mendenhall (1837-1851)- 1st cousin, 6x removed 
27. Wayne Mendenhall (1886-1888)- 2nd cousin, 4x removed 
28. William Rosecrans Mendenhall (1863-1899)- 1st cousin, 5x removed 

So, I suppose I have 28 reasons to visit this cemetery! 

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Genealogy Bucket-List Locations, Part 3

Drievorden, Germany

My German ancestors, the Jeckering family, originated from Drievorden, Germany...so of course I'd want to visit the small village someday! 

I tried to look up some google images of Drievorden... not many showed up except for an old school house (pictured below). 

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Genealogy Bucket-List Locations, Part 2

Any one person has the potential to have 2,048 11th Great-Grandparents. Who can actually say that they know where their 11th great-grandparents are buried? I can...and this location, is definitely on my list of places to see! 

Thomas Mildenhall (1630-1682) & Joane Strode (1634-1682) are my 11th Great-Grandparents. I don't know the circumstances of their death(s) but I do know that they died the same year in 1682. I also know that they are buried in the Holy Cross Churchyard in Ramsbury, England. 

Holy Cross Churchyard

The Holy Cross Churchyard is located in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England. The coordinates are: 51.44250, -1.60722. 

According to Findagrave.com, there are 2,185 memorials, including one famous memorial of a Francis Burdett V (1770-1844). It's only 9% photographed with 51 open photo requests, makes me wonder if photography of any sort is allowed?

My ancestors are buried here--- someday I'll get to see what their gravestones look like.

Enjoy the photos that I found on Google.com

Genealogy Bucket-List Locations, Part 1

Aldbourne-St. Michael Parish Church

On 12 Aug 1649, my 11th Great-Grandparents Thomas Mildenhall (1630-1682) & Joane Strode (1634-1682) were married at this gorgeous medieval church in Aldbourne, Marlborough, England. The church was built over-time but started in the 12th century.

GPS Corrdinates: Latitude: 51.48051, Longitude: -1.62134