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Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project

How to search for family or loved ones tombstone photo located in Indiana using the Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project, hosted by roorswed.Ancestory.com.

  See the Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project

(hosted by: RootsWeb.com - Ancestry.com)http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inallcem/

(note: correct link for your cemetary may be difficult to find)

This is a project of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to document all cemeteries in Allen County.  Use the search function in the upper left hand corner of the page to help locate a person's tombstone. (but please read on:)

Searching by name or last name doesn't seem to work.  Do this:  Enter the cemetery name in to the search box. Click the correct link from results, hopefully the first lsited, then go by the correct (plot) Section Transcriptions and Photos.  Then look by the index of last name initials from there.  Example below:

[If you do not get the correct link to for cemetary, make note the Township of the cemetary. Use the left side Township button/links to search. note: Make sure to use a correct link that states "Transcriptions and Photos" If this link doesn't exhist, the cemetery may not be in the database yet.]

Searching by Cemetary, Section and Name for photo:

You must know the Section the plot is in to find photo. 

(you would have to be familiar of the location of the plot from a past visit to locate section from map)

See if the cemetary has a website anda map of the sections: example http://www.catholic-cemetery.org/ Try a google search for the cemetery and section map.  

I found the example thru google search resulting with a Section map from Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana: http://www.acgsi.org/cemplat/.  I am looking for the name Wilenski in Section E.

go to the:

Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inallcem/

Enter cemetery name in to the search or locate cemetery  or  by going thru the list of links to find (in my example) the Catholic Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inallcem/adams/catholic.html

go to the:

Catholic Some Transcriptions and Photos

(scroll down to section)
Section E Transcriptions and Photos

(scroll down to section - names was indexed)
Section E Names N-Z

(scroll down to find name)
Wilenski Alexander 1915 - 2001

Wilenski Helen S. 1917 – 2000

Photo

(view the photo by clicking on Photo)

 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inallcem/adams/catholic/section-e/wilenski-alexander-helen.jpg

While not all grave sites are going to be found in this database, it is extensive.  I suspect some older ones were left out, but not intentionally. 

An old Polish wedding tradition, The Sharing of Bread, Salt and Wine

The parents of the bride and groom greet the newly married couple and present them with rye bread, lightly sprinkled with salt, and a glass of wine. The bread represents the hope that the bride and groom will never go hungry.  The salt is a reminder that life may be difficult at times, but that they will learn to cope.  The wine symbolizes the desire that the couple will never go thirsty, and that their lives will be filled with health and happiness.  The parents kiss the newly married couple as a sign of welcome, unity, and love.

Another tradition is the vodka shot tradition. Two shot glasses are presented to the newlywed couple along with the bread and salt, one is filled with water and the other vodka.  The one that gets the vodka shot signifies who will be the one who "runs the household."

Different regions of Poland may of had simular but a different variation of customs and traditins unique to that region.

Płock Cathedral or the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Masovia, example of Romanesque architecture in Europe, contains the tombs of Władysław I Herman (died 1102) and Bolesław III Wrymouth (died 1138) - kings of Poland. The first definite reference to the cathedral is in 1102.  The present Romanesque cathedral was built after a fire, 1129, and took from 1136 until 1144.