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Comment by Betty Vaughn on July 29, 2009 at 6:52am

Bob
Thanks for the info. I found a court record where a woman died and her gr-nephew tried to say her grandchildren could not be her legal heirs cause she was not married to her only son's father. (father of her grandchildre). Witnesses here in York Co. swore in court that it was common in County Antrim for women to be known by there maiden name not their husband's surname. And proved her marriage too back in Ireland. The court case was dated in the early 1830s. The tradition is not as common today as it was back 100 years ago but I have seen a few new graves the same way.. NEVER saw this in Texas lol
Betty

Comment by Bob Rowe on July 29, 2009 at 4:40am

Concerning Betty Vaughn's comments below, I wasn't sure where the tradition started, but all across Ontario, Canada there are stones with the wife's maiden name and "wife of". There were a lot of Scottish and Irish settlers in every province. I am researching a bunch in Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry counties. I have many photos that show this tradition. There are hundreds of death records recorded the same way. If you were searching the Ontario Death index for Eliza Faris you might not find her. You would have to remember to also search for Eliza Garrison. Ontario Death records from 1869-1934 are online at Ancestry.

Comment by Jane McKnight on July 29, 2009 at 1:35am

Darlene, I also would recommend Picasa, http://picasa.google.com/ , not only are you able to crop the photo, but you can straighten it if you took the pic at a slight angle. To resize, I hit the export button after I am done cropping and straightening and set it to around 800 px.

Comment by Betty Vaughn on July 29, 2009 at 1:17am

I am taking photos of old tombstones in Rock Hill, York Co, SC. I have found something here I never saw in my research in Texas, Oklahoma or Louisiana. There are many women's tombstone with name at the top being their first and maiden name even though they were married for years. under their first and maiden name is the phrase "wife of" John Doe.. Example.
ELIZA GARRISON
wife of John Faris
1800 -1855

I went to a historical society, and was told by a young yankee, just out of college historical biggie, that it was a "Southern Custom." No.. I don't think so!!
Us southerners may be proud of our family, but we include our maiden name.. like Elizabeth GARRISON Faris.. we never left our married name off.

I have taken over a thousand photos in this cemetery and have found nearly a hundred of the womens this way..

After a lot of research, I can connect this to Northern Ireland and Scotland. Anyone else to find this??

Betty Jo HUDDLESTON Vaughn

Comment by Joyce Garrott on July 28, 2009 at 11:38pm

I don't normally claim any until the day I am going or the day before just in case I don't get to go, that way maybe someone else can get it.

Comment by Cindy Johnston Sorley on July 28, 2009 at 11:36pm

Joyce, wow thanks so much

Comment by Joyce Garrott on July 28, 2009 at 11:31pm

when you sign into FAG your contributor page should come up. If not look on the left hand side and find contributor tools, click on it. then on the right side of the page you will see a box where you can enter a zip code..put your zip code in it and click search.

Comment by Cindy Johnston Sorley on July 28, 2009 at 11:10pm

How Do I check to see if there are any requests in my area for photos? I get the emails but I have not been able to do any in a few weeks and am scared someone has already done them? Is there a place to go to find out ones in my area?

Comment by Betty Jo Blevins on July 28, 2009 at 10:20am

You can always crop the picture when you edit it before uploading to FAG site. This is if you know the spouse is still living. My parents are alive and already have their marker in the ground with their birth dates. My aunt is deceased but her son has not got around to spending the money to have the date added. She had bought her stone and had her name and birth date put on and put on the grave site where she was to be bury.

Comment by Chip Taylor on July 28, 2009 at 9:40am

I have had good success with unreadable stones by taking the photo, loading it into a good graphics program (such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro), changing it to a greyscale, inverting the colors (make it a "negative"), and then playing with contrast and brightness until the information is deciperable. I think load the original photo to F A G and put in a text explanation as to the information on the stone. No stone is harmed in the process. (Even a crayon rubbing causes abrasion and wear).

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