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This
old family cemetery is located on a private road on the Brandt
farm off Witmer Road. The cemetery is in Conewago Township, Dauphin
County, just south of Derry Township. The current owner, Jay Brandt,
reports that he has documentation recording the ownership from
1795 to the present:
1795
until 1832, the Stevic family,
1832
until 1838, the Coleman family,
1832
until 1842, the Bachman family,
1842
until 1861, the Brinser family,
1861
until 1874, the Jacob Brandt, and
1874
until the present, the Joseph G. Brandt family and descendants.
The
years may be off a little but it is extremely rare that such a
chain of ownership is passed on through the various owners.
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We would be happy to conduct a
cemetery search or do more extensive research for you. The cemetery
search would include all Derry Township cemeteries plus others that are closely
associated with our township. Most of the names in our cemetery database
are not available elsewhere on the internet. The cost is $5 per surname
and you may supply up to three alternate spellings (total of four). If
you find your ancestors in the list below and require additional information,
please contact
us.
For more thorough research, please
request a copy of our research policy. In addition, our obituary
list and our name index of "lost and
found" ancestors may be of interest to you. Please check our main library
page for these and other links, as we continue
to update our information on line.
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