I'm a former member of the Lancaster Historical Commission, which I held positions as Advisor, Commissioner, Secretary and Co-Chairman, I was also an advisor for the Lancaster Genealogical Society. I've provided research for both, and focus much of my research on local cemeteries. I've tried to document as much as I can in providing, photos, links, and bio information.

Please be aware that a person can have more than one memorial. Please RESEARCH before requesting a merge (Duplicate). These may not be a duplicate. Some may be a cenotaph or a group memorial.

Simply having someone in your family tree is not always grounds for a management transfer request based specifically on your just wants. Transferring of management should only be requested IF you have Extensive Changes To Make To A Memorial. You can add photos and suggest corrections without having to request management. With numerous contributors in same state and/or counties, there will be overlapping of family trees and it would be impossible for all contributors to manage their entire family tree; therefore, any memorial I manage that is a family member of mine, I will continue to manage and will not transfer.

Please be aware that if I didn't add the picture, then I can't remove it. You will need to message person who added it. Also, I can't delete a memorial I didn't create.

As manager of the memorials under my care, I have discretion as to what is added to the bios. I will try to honor your requests as written, but will correct typos and adjust as needed. In submitting edits and to help prevent bad, misleading information being submitted to meet personal agenda and/or your perspective of family history narrative; please provide source (name, date, etc) where information was obtained; via: newspaper articles, military, births/death, marriage, etc… to verify information provided or it may be denied. Sorry for the harshness, but I've had some contributors feel it necessary to re-write history.

In providing family links, or other edits, please use the Edit tab to submit.

Also, when messaging me, please reference memorial number so I can locate correct memorial. Some contributors for some reason wish not to be contacted by disabling messages, but issues do arise over edits and it may be necessary to ask questions. If you offer no way to be contacted, please don't send me edits.

If possible when providing photos of headstones, please try to include one of the whole marker/monument and another closer to the engraving. Please crop, focus, straighten images before posting to show respect for the deceased and their families. Photo of deceased in coffin will not be accepted and will be asked to remove.

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Find A Grave is a great resource and has a lot of wonderful historical information. My goal is to be able to locate and provide as much information on each of my Ghent family members that I can find. I have found more than one set of Ghent's in our area and I am trying to see if they connect, so linking them has been a great tool. I try to keep and eye out for information on deaths, marriages, births, etc...on other local citizens as well and add those in hopes to help others with their genealogy endeavors.

I have received a lot of help from other members of Find A Grave and it's very much appreciated.

Other Family Searches (all spelling variations); Clemmer, Johnson, Stokes, Clanton, Campbell, Catoe, Waters, Haire, Sanders, Knight, Snipes, Belk, Godfrey, Barr, Broome, Sweatt, Neal, Roberts, Bowers, Baskin, Hinson, Plyler, Ballard, Roach, Dunlap, Taylor, Sistare, Starnes, Rowell

Family

Like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.