Projects and Programs
Home Projects and Programs
Willam Lindsay at Laurel Hill
William Lindsay, Revolutionary War patriot, built the Lindsay Family Home, "Laurel Hill," about 1766. The home stands about 100 yards southeast of the burial...
Finding Your Loved Ones – Beyond Ancestry.com
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Online Resources
Researching National Archives
What family researchers can learn when visiting a cemetery?
Wilkes Street Cemetery Complex
In 1804 the Alexandria Common Council declared that no new cemeteries could open within the city limits. Nor could any new burial plots could...
Sons and Daughters of Liberty Cemetery
In 1907 one fourth of an acre was deeded to the Ebenezer Lodge, No. 14 of the Sons and Daughter of Liberty, an African...
Sydenstricker United Methodist Church Cemetery
The original white frame church opened @1911. Today, most church activities take place in the modern church building across the street. The still active...
Rector Cemetery
In the Spring of 2016, Ned Foster, with the help of the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association and others listed below, began cleaning up...
Alexandria Friends Meetinghouse at Woodlawn – June 2016
In June 2016 members of the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association and the Burke Historical Society were led on a tour of the Woodlawn...
Vale Methodist Church Cemetery
The church cemetery of approximately 100 burials is well maintained and is an active cemetery. The church congregation originally met in the Vale School...
Thompson Family Cemetery at Thompson Road and West Ox Road in...
At the request of neighbors, a surveyor visited the cemetery. Family records indicate that there are 23 including ten children buried there. There are...
Unnamed Cemetery – Lovingston Circle Springfield , Virginia
Believed to be Talbert Family Cemetery
At a request of a neighbor, a surveyor visited the cemetery. The neighbor knew that Talbert family members were...