Elwood Rural Cemetery Presentation 6/24

‎Mark W Maxwell‎ to Egg Harbor City Historical Society

Finally got my computer to let me into our Facebook site. Been trying to let people know about the June meeting at the roundhouse on Monday. To answer Roy C. Weiler Sr., I will be presenting some information about the Elwood Rural Cemetery. I received info requests about interments there and found they were not in Find-A-Grave. After seeing the Township Clerk and getting the phone number of Frank Paulsgraf who has ""the records", we determined that they were woefully inadequate and incomplete. A discussion of what Frank & I are doing to rectify the situation and a little info on some of the people interred there will be presented with Powerpoint photos. Since this will not take much time, I am also presenting information from several loaned newspapers that found their way back to the museum after about 15 years. These papers go back to 1859 and the newest is a 1907 "The NEWS". All of the major pieces (some less than 1/2-inch square) havew been digitally scanned at 600 dpi and are beings pieced together with PhotoShop. The Powerpoint will included some of the scans and the "finished" pages that are available on the Roundhouse computer. Some items found in these papers are the "Story of the Piano Factory" and how Egg Harbor City grape growers helped save the wine industry! Hope to see you at 7:00PM, 24JUNE2019.