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Family Tree #4: Denison Cemetery Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/3/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Genealogy is my other hobby and it has taken me to almost as many cemeteries as geocaching. A combination of the two seems like a natural fit. This cache will be part of an CONNECTED series of caches in cemeteries where I have a family connection. The cache contains an unactivated geocoin for the FTF. As always with cemetery caches, please be respectful, no night time caching allowed, and no searching for the cache if there is a service in progress.



The Family Tree series:
Family Tree #1: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Family Tree #2: Holton Cemetery
Family Tree #3: North Cedar Cemetery
Family Tree #4: Denison Cemetery
Family Tree #5: Muscotah Cemetery
Family Tree #6: St. Ann's Cemetery
Family Tree #7: Pioneer Cemetery
Family Tree #8: Jenkins' (AKA: Vienna) Cemetery
Family Tree #9: Saint John's Cemetery
Family Tree #10: St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Family Tree #11: Rochester Cemetery

This series of eleven caches is now spread over six counties in northeast Kansas. There are currently ten multis and one reverse wherigo in the series. All of the caches contain a clue that will help you find and open the final cache in the series. The clue has been written in multiple places on the log and/or on the container.


Denison Cemetery is located at the north end of the metropolis and it is the final resting place of my great-great-grandparents and numerous other relatives that branch off this family.
His parents can be visited at North Cedar Cemetery. She was the daughter of William Kennedy and Kathryn Carter. William's great-grandfather immigrated to America from Scotland and fought in the American Revolution. Kathryn was the descendant of Scotch-Irish families who were common in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky.


My gg-grandparents in the 1920s


60th wedding anniversary, my great-grandmother is second from the left in the back row


The posted coordinates will take you to the headstone shared by my gg-grandparents. Their last name starts with an L. Use the information on their headstone to find the location of the cache.
Search for the cache at N 39 23.ABC W 095 37.DEF
A: third digit of the year SHE was born PLUS fourth digit of the year HE died
B: third digit of the year SHE died MINUS third digit of the year HE died
C: fourth digit of HER year of death
Checksum for ABC is 10
D: third digit of HIS year of birth
E: third digit of the year HE died MINUS the fourth digit of the year SHE was born
F: third digit of the year SHE died
Checksum for DEF is 11


Additional Hints (No hints available.)