Gone Graving

Gone Graving I'm a Junior in High-school and a Boy Scout. GraveGeek!

I work with local historians and Preservationists to research and fix up old abandoned cemeteries throughout the State of New York.

Visited Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester today with thatgraveyardgal. It was way bigger than I expected. I kept walking ...
04/26/2026

Visited Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester today with thatgraveyardgal. It was way bigger than I expected. I kept walking and it felt like I was at the cemeteries back at home.

Not gonna lie, small town boy over here was not prepared for how massive it is… I can't tell you how many times I got distracted and went off into the weeds to look at broken headstones.

Definitely worth the visit.

Yesterday Scott Simmons, Helen Camp, and I went out to the Ferguson Corners Cemetery in Galen and had a productive after...
04/23/2026

Yesterday Scott Simmons, Helen Camp, and I went out to the Ferguson Corners Cemetery in Galen and had a productive afternoon. I taught Helen how to clean and Scott how to repair. Together we cleaned about 9 stones and repaired 3.

A little information on who we repaired.

We repaired:
James Jeffers who died at the age of 18 on February 24, 1864.

Lucy Jeffers who died at the age of 12 on March 30, 1864.

And Theodore Leroy Campbell who died from "Dysentery with a Fever of typhoid character" at 3 years old, on September 26, 1886.

04/19/2026

Cleaning the headstone of Smith Paine

I was going through my family tree recently and found out something pretty interesting. I’m a 5th great-grandson of Rand...
04/18/2026

I was going through my family tree recently and found out something pretty interesting. I’m a 5th great-grandson of Randolph McCoy.

For anyone who doesn’t recognize the name, he was one of the central figures in the famous Hatfield–McCoy feud along the Kentucky–West Virginia border in the late 1800s.

My line comes down through his daughter Josephine Vena McCoy (1848–unknown), and her daughter Victoria McCoy (1886–1925). Victoria later married Lewis Moore of New York, who is my 3rd great-grandfather. Interestingly, although she married into a New York family, it looks like the family didn’t move back to New York until after her death.

Just thought that was pretty interesting. Never knew that me, a guy from New York, had so many southern ancestors until I started doing genealogy.

Are any of you related to the Hatfields or the McCoys?

04/17/2026

Here is a photograph of some of the members of G.A.R post #55 from Wolcott, NY.

This is who I think these people look like/could be by solely looking off of the pictures in the Grips Historical Souvenir of Wolcott.

This list goes from left to right:
Isaac Venderpool
Samuel Bancroft
Unknown
Abram Eygnor
D.C. Green
Unknown
Unknown

Any descendants of the Jones family from Huron, NY?
04/13/2026

Any descendants of the Jones family from Huron, NY?

04/12/2026

Take your chances

The first day of my Eagle Scout Project will be on June 20th at 1 PM!📍 Location: Huron Evergreen Cemetery (Dutch Street,...
04/06/2026

The first day of my Eagle Scout Project will be on June 20th at 1 PM!

📍 Location: Huron Evergreen Cemetery (Dutch Street, Huron, NY)

What will we be doing:
• Setting VA replacement headstones upright in gravel
• Cleaning and repairing headstones

If you're able to come out and help, please send me a message—I’d really appreciate it!

Stay tuned for another project day at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Clyde as well.

04/05/2026

The raffle is officially open.
GraveGeek Volunteers Inc. is proud to launch our nationwide raffle to support cemetery preservation—and you now have a chance to win a complete gravestone cleaning kit.
🏆 Grand Prize:
A professional gravestone cleaning kit with everything you need to safely and effectively clean and preserve headstones.
🎉 Second Prize:
One winner will receive a gallon of D/2 Biological Solution.
These tools are used by volunteers across the country to help restore and protect cemetery history—and now you could have your own set to get started.
Every entry helps support our mission: preserving cemeteries, restoring headstones, and educating others on proper cleaning practices.
📦 Prizes will be shipped directly to the winners. Open to participants in the United States and Canada.
🎟️ Entry options:
$10 = 1 entry
$25 = 3 entries
$50 = 8 entries
⏳ The raffle is only open for a limited time.
Enter here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/gravegeeks-cemetery-preservation-care-package-raffle-2

If you’ve ever thought about getting involved in cemetery preservation, this is your chance to start.

04/04/2026

Cleaning the headstone of Philo Edwards

03/28/2026

Something big is coming.

Starting April 1st, GraveGeek Volunteers Inc. is launching a nationwide raffle—and one person will win a complete gravestone cleaning kit.

This isn’t just a giveaway. It’s everything you need to start preserving headstones the right way.
Whether you’ve been wanting to get involved, already volunteer, or simply care about protecting history, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

In addition to our grand prize winner, we will also be selecting a second winner to receive a gallon of D/2 Biological Solution.

The prizes will be shipped directly to the winners, anywhere in the United States.
Every entry supports cemetery preservation, education, and the work we do through GraveGeek Volunteers Inc.

More details will be released on April 1st.

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