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Will William's Grave Site Ever Be Found?

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Have you revisited the research trips you took and the things you left undone? Four years ago, I took a trip to Columbus, Ohio to visit cemeteries, especially Green Lawn Cemetery. Green Lawn Cemetery is massive and is said to be the fifth-largest in Ohio. At the time, was on the hunt for a collateral relative in Selection L. At the time, I couldn't find him. Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio Section L My mission was to find the gravesite of my great grandfather Andrew Nelson SMITH's second wife Marietta  Webb  SMITH's father. English immigrant William WEBB (1816-1905) is buried in Section L, while Andrew and Marietta Smith are buried in his ancestral plot in Section 35.  When I visited Green Lawn, I was visiting 50+ sites and photographing additional stones in hopes In the past, I would have had to pay  $3 per name for the information about individuals in buried in the cemetery. Regularly, I receive more informatio...

How Many Ways Can You Spell Pusecker?

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When growing up, I was insistent that you spelled my German last name with an S-Z. Any other variation was wrong and I believed that anyone who spelled it differently would not be my relative. I was alone in thinking spellings for last names was fixed. I only correct people when they pronounce my first and middle name incorrectly. Having learned from a variety of sources about the need to generate a list of name variations, I have attempted to create such a list for the Pueseckers who are members of my Maeck FAN Club. The individuals I'm researching settled in Franklin County, Ohio beginning in 1845. Few Pueseckers have left that area, which makes my research location narrow. Buckeser Busacker Buseker Pasenger Persaker Puesecker Pusaker Pusecke Pusecoier Puseker Pusicker Puesecker Having a running list of how the names appear in different validated records makes finding them a little easier in subsequent research. I entered the last name into the  1890 Vetera...