Jul 11, 2011

Group restores neglected North Codorus cemetery


(YDR) Tucked away off a back road in North Codorus Township lies rolling hills and endless wheat fields surrounding the Snyder family farm. A small grove of trees in the middle of a field holds more history than many would have imagined.
The Fockenroth cemetery, also known as Folkenroth or Volkenroth, lies among the brush -- home to the graves of at least 14 people who lived and died in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
But the cemetery wasn't always easy to reach. Continued

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