  Rearview Member Username: Rearview Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2008 |
Does anyone have any photographs taken in or around Holy Cross Cemetery on Dix Rd. in Detroit? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 1236 Registered: 04-2005 |
No, but I just drove by there the other day, and it looked really well kept. | ||
Rearview Member Username: Rearview Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2008 |
Thanks, Jcole. I'm working on a book about the cemetery and was hoping beyond hope that someone might have photographs. For some reason, this cemetery is lacking in archival photographs. I've looked at the State Archives, Burton, Walter Reuther Library, Archdiocese Archives, U of D Library, Dearborn, and the photographic collection at the Bacon Library in Wyandotte. The attic at the cemetery has nothing to offer. If anyone can point me in a different different direction, or has photographs of ancestors buried there, please post. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 8851 Registered: 10-2003 |
Rearview, That is one of my favourite cemeteries. I've quite a collection of B&Ws, but I'm moving to a new home and everything is being packed up. If time is not too much of a concern, I'll be happy to meet with you in a couple of months and share my images with you, since I've shut down my darkroom and am frantically preparing for the movers. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 8852 Registered: 10-2003 |
Damn, my scanner is in a box, but that image of Christ on the Cross on a foggy day, I made/took is stuck in my mind. | ||
Rickinatlanta Member Username: Rickinatlanta Post Number: 150 Registered: 07-2006 |
Here's a good link with three photos. My grandparents and an uncle are buried there. I used to live across Patton Park from Holy Cross in the 1960's as well. www.findagrave.com Then go to their "Search for a cemetary" link and look up Holy Cross Detroit and that should take you to that page. | ||
7_and_kelly_kid Member Username: 7_and_kelly_kid Post Number: 165 Registered: 12-2007 |
shouldn't be that hard..............after all......people are just DYIN' to get in!.........sorry...........co uldn't pass this one up........ | ||
Rearview Member Username: Rearview Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2008 |
Jams - As soon as you get moved, I'd love to look at your photos of the cemetery. I tried taking black & white pictures using Ilford film, but they all came out terrible, so I resorted to taking digital black & white images for use in the book. Good luck with the move! | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 711 Registered: 01-2007 |
Rearview, Found in a 16mm projector in our family is a short film of a 1919-23 era film of Woodlawn Cemetery. I haven't seen that many flowers at a funeral since Vito Corleone died. Across the road is the Dodge mausoleum. Do you know why moss grows on the north side of their building? Coffin gasses escaping from the tomb. They don't have good ventilation. Eww... | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 355 Registered: 02-2006 |
Rearview, I've been doing some genealogy research and found out that I have some relatives buried there as well. Unfortunately, they are not listed on FG so I will have to do some sleuthing in person. Do you have a website/blog to keep us up to date on the book? | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 712 Registered: 01-2007 |
Yaktown, Go to the cemetery office. They will have a map for you. | ||
Rearview Member Username: Rearview Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2008 |
Yaktown, I might be able to help you with your research at the cemetery. Don't have a blog, but if you visit this website, you can send an email to me with the names in question. www.rearviewrecords.net | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 214 Registered: 12-2006 |
Is this cemetery anywhere near (the former) Holy Cross Hospital? | ||
Rickinatlanta Member Username: Rickinatlanta Post Number: 151 Registered: 07-2006 |
No, Holy Cross Cemetary is on Dix adjacent to Patton Park in SW Detroit. |
