{"id":5005,"date":"2017-06-25T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T13:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2019-01-21T07:46:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T12:46:11","slug":"finding-the-oldfields-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/25\/finding-the-oldfields-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the Oldfields Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Oldfields<\/a>

Oldfields cemetery<\/p><\/div>\n

I tried to find the Oldfields Cemetery in South Berwick ME on Friday. I did find it, but the “adventure” I had in locating it was a cautionary tale on the use of GPS.<\/p>\n

My first thought was to simply Google it. Yes, Google knew of its existence (though there was some dispute over whether it was “Oldfields” or “Old Fields”) and graciously offered a map showing its location, plus a route to get there. I got in my truck, map in hand, and set the GPS. It, too, knew of its existence and offered a route to it. So off I went.<\/p>\n

The problem arose when I got to Brattle St in South Berwick. Both the GPS and Google Maps treated the long driveway leading to the private home at 21 Brattle St as a piece of the public way. Well, I hope the people who lived there didn’t mind me using their driveway to turn around. Lesson: the GPS can be wrong. I have learned this lesson before, but apparently need a refresher lesson from time to time.<\/p>\n

So I wandered around the neighborhood for a while, assuming that it must be nearby (similar to what I did in Beverly last week – which I now think was a mistake). Failing to find it through visual means, I parked and thought about it for a minute. I recalled that findagrave.com offers GPS coordinates for most cemeteries. I looked up the cemetery on my phone, then figured out how to enter the coordinates on my GPS (a first for me). The GPS calculated a route and told me that the cemetery was about a half mile away. As I was already about a half mile from where the GPS first said I would find the cemetery (and in the opposite direction), the net error was about a mile.<\/p>\n

The coordinates are (43.21721, -70.80926) if you want to find it for yourself.<\/p>\n

The cemetery was actually about a tenth of a mile down a narrow road that ended at a brook where the bridge was out. Vine Road – not Brattle St. I could find it again now, but I probably won’t be going back.<\/p>\n

It is actually a pretty spooky old cemetery. Not in great shape – lots of broken headstones and long grass. And I found only one of the 7 headstones of Jett’s ancestors who are reportedly buried there (Eunice Curtis Cutts, a 5th great-grandmother) . But I felt a sense of accomplishment anyway.<\/p>\n

Somewhat unexpected was a memorial stone at the entrance paying tribute to William Chadbourne, one of Jett’s 9th great-grandfathers.<\/p>\n

\"Chadbourne<\/a>

Chadbourne memorial<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eunice<\/a>

Eunice Cutts headstone<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Weird<\/a>

Weird tree<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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