Why, you may ask, is it old? Well, there's a new Basil cemetery too (I think it's official name may be Memorial).
Why, you ask next, is it called Basil when it's clearly in Baltimore? I was told that Basil and Baltimore were separate towns that grew into each other. When they decided to merge, after playing a bit with names like Basilmore, the merged town took the name Baltimore.
If you are quite finished...
This is a lovely little old cemetery. It's very easy to find, but hard to park -- I didn't find any on-street parking, and the only driveway technically belongs to a mechanic's business tucked away behind the cemetery, but no one seemed to mind when I parked beside one of their buildings.
I do wish Fairfield county genealogists would get as organized about on-site directories as those in the Nebraska counties I visited last year; I got spoiled! Fortunately, it's not that big and I did have a list of people to look for from my visit to to the genealogy society.
I found lots of Langels and related folks, mostly from the line of Daniel and Susannah Langel. You can see my finds here. Find A Grave appears to have good coverage -- see their page here.
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