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02/10/2026

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02/05/2026

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Wiping the sweat from his brow, he looks off into the distance as if he sees the place he speaks of. “I came from Berwickshire, in Scotland, from near the town of Lauder. I settled in this township in the summer of 1832, when this and the adjoining township began to be settled.” Referring to Nor...

02/05/2026

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02/04/2026

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02/04/2026

Tomorrow I will post my second story in the series Buried in the Furrows. If you havent read part one, please do I have left the link in the comments. For the 2nd tale, we focus on the life of Andrew Riddell Jr.. Please follow the page and let me know what you think of this series so far. I have so much fun digging into these almost forgotten lives.

02/02/2026

I am a volunteer, not a sponsor or paid rep for the Website Find A Grave .com. When it comes to this group I believe in accurate updated and as detailed as info as possible. Updated photos allow to show the stones current state and are helpful in not only locating stones but also monitoring and relaying info about the stones current condition. I believe in researched and verified edits and am willing to manage or transfer any memorials within Perth County, if your interested in managing or sharing.
I joined due to my love of headstones, history, art, family and of course cemeteries. Although I am fairly new to this group, I am not new to respectful treatment and etiquette in and around cemeteries.
Since I was young I had joined my grandma on her walks through many local cemeteries as she visited our ancestors. Learning the importance of family, documentation, preservation and management.
A project like this is such a labour of love, and helping families locate their branches is so amazing, and addicting.
I now am working on updating, digitizing and documenting all the graves of Perth County. As of last year there is no longer an active group in Perth County doing so, the records are old, missing or scarce and not updated. The records that we have are stored within the Perth County Archives or local museum, and some are available for purchase through the OGS. With this closure, and time I noticed more and more deteriorating stones, more topling, leaning and removed stones. More branches potential falling, I was increasingly concerned.
My concern and love for the care of headstones and the joy of preservation has lead me to start a website, www.eternalcarestoneservices.ca
There I provide links to genealogy sites, Perth County Cemeteries. I also write and post a blog on the site about various topics, including stories of pioneers and settlers from the areas, headstone care and more.
I then went one step farther and opened a headstone and monument cleaning business. Eternal Care Stone Services, which assists in helping families read, maintain and preserve their most cherished. With my focus in and around Perth County.
I love what I do, helping out and walking through history. Let me know if I can help.

Compassionate Headstone / Monument Cleaning business located within Perth County. Serving Southwestern Ontario. Offering Monument cleaning, landscaping, minor maintenance, repainting, QR Codes and more. Eternal Care Stone Services offers Peace of Mind, We will be there, when you can't..

01/30/2026

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01/29/2026

Rarely are we aware that history is constantly being written. Seldom do we stop and take note of things as they are occurring to write down the exact feeling, emotion and relevance at the time. As we age, sometimes we start to notice the importance of these moments, we begin to look back on the times as they begin to fade hoping to hang on a little longer. We start digging through ancient photos and memories, curious about what it was like; to be there, live like that or to walk the path of the past. Sometimes researching endlessly with no results and other times we strike gold. And strike gold I did.

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This is Part 1 - The 1st Furrow

This series will begins with the tale of John J.E. Linton, an influential pioneer and the transcriber of the original documents I read. The following stories will focus on the details provided by the pioneers he interviewed. These pioneers include Andrew Riddell Jr., Timothy Wallace, James Hastings,...

01/28/2026

The Importance of Fact Checking.

As you may or may not know, I've been diving deep into genealogy and researching ancestors from the local area. In doing so, I come across a lot of interesting information and a lot of incorrect facts. I say incorrect facts, clearly an oxymoron, however people truly believe these errors to be true.

For example, They have matched the name, made assumptions, adjusted a date, whatever it takes to make that person's biography match the person they wanted to be. Without looking to multiple sources to verify the accuracy of this truth.

This happened to me last night as I was researching The Walz family, neighbour's of mine as a child. While I was uploading their photos to find a grave .com I realized that they had Glenn with the incorrect name and linked to parents in the US and also a wife in the US.

Now I was young at the time but I don't remember Glen ever having a wife prior to Ora, so I started digging deeper. And I was right Glenn had been given the incorrect first name of Richard which should have been Robert.

Attached is a snip it from the 1931 census. Showing the family with children present. At some point, Glenn was then merged with an individual out of the US who was married with a family because the similar name R. Glenn Walz. As seen on the headstone.

They assumed Richard, This is not Glenn's name nor his family. Glenn's full name was Robert Glenn Walz, born and raised in Perth County.

I even received a message from a friend, stating they were on find a grave, looking in on Glenn after my first post and noticed the same errors.

Last night, after verifying the research and making sure I was connecting the proper people. A much larger rabbit hole than I was expecting. I requested the changes on find a grave .com, through the manager.

However this is not always where the task ends sometimes the managers will refuse to make the changes because they truly believe their facts to be truth.

This is were the family comes in. Did you know you can request to manage your family members on find a grave? You can. This allows you to update, add, approve or reject changes. Ensuring the proper info is shared and family's are together again, not with American strangers for parents...lol.

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01/28/2026

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