Is Meets Was

The Parkinsons' Plot, photograph furnished by Green-Wood If you have ancestors who lived in Manhattan or Brooklyn, New York, a must-place to look for their burial site is in beautiful and historic  Green-Wood Cemetery . I found the burial location of my Great Great Grandfather,  Henry Parkinson (1828 - 1870) , and other family members. This morning I was saddened to read about vandalism at Green-Wood. In 2003, my husband and I visited Green-Wood, along with my cousin's daughter, Wendy Marinaccio. We went there in search of Henry's gravesite and in search of the gravesite of my Great Grandparents, Andrew Nimmo (1864-1912) and Kate Parkinson (1865-1915). We never did find Henry's resting place, but afterwards Green-Wood sent me the above photograph of the Parkinson's plot. Here I am in 2003, happy to be looking for the Parkinsons. Here is Wendy. We didn't find the Parkinsons. Little did we know that we were just on the wrong side of the path....

Mystery Photo A few years ago, I met a second cousin, and we shared old photos. We both had a copy of the same photograph of an elegant, old New England home. His photograph was inherited from his mother. Mine came from my grandparents' album which had been passed to my aunt and then to me. Naturally, neither photograph is labelled, and the significance of this old house to our family history remains a mystery. My cousins grandfather, Harry Merrill, and my grandfather, Fred Merrill, were brothers. The brothers were both born and raised in Franklin, New Hampshire. Their mother's maiden name was Carroll.  If you recognize the house in this photograph, please contact me . Thanks goes to the Franklin Historical Society for posting a copy of this mystery photo on their website. © 2012, Cathy H Paris