Urban Cemetery Research with Mount Moriah Cemetery

Urban cemetery research has it challenges: burial plots built over, relocated, or just plain lost to time. Pennsylvania’s largest cemetery, Mount Moriah in Philadelphia, has the unique challenge of also battling nature. Listen in and learn how to find those ancestors (and have an Indiana Jones like experience)! Episode Details: In this episode, Denys Allen interviews Jenn O’Donnell of the Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, FOMMCI. Jenn shares the work of FOMMCI, tips on making record requests of your ancestors there, and how to connect with the Friends organization and participate in the ongoing restoration. If you want to see visuals of some of the work of the Friends of Mount Moriah, check out the video on the PA Ancestors YouTube Channel (link below). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:12 History of Mount Moriah Cemetery 07:17 Who is buried at Mount Moriah 12:30 Visiting the cemetery 15:15 How to make research requests 18:37 Adventures in family history & wrap-up Website: PAancestors.com (click “leave a question” to record yours!) Twitter   / paancestors   Instagram   / paancestors   Facebook   / pennsylvaniaancestors   YouTube    / @denyse_allen   Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) for George Washington. The song is considered to be one of the first secular songs written in America. MP3 recording by www.amclassical.com and licensed through Creative Commons, some rights reserved.