From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 20:33:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k173XvE0015407; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:33:57 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k173Xu6t011891 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:33:56 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1708PFI015260 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:08:25 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1708Pk9015259 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:08:25 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1702NFI015186 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:02:23 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k172UZVi026795 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:30:35 -0700 X-Envelope-From: bobert@i-1.net Mon Feb 6 19:30:35 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k172UZE0026786 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:30:35 -0700 Received: from saruman.api-digital.com (saruman.apid.com [63.238.52.24]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k172UZ3P008362 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:30:35 -0700 Received: from Desktop (dialup-4.235.189.106.Dial1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.235.189.106]) by saruman.api-digital.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 803E67086D5 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:30:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <00d001c62b8e$7fa3cef0$5cb8eb04@Desktop> From: "bobert" To: Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:18:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] "CEMETERY WALKS" Hi, Seekers and Rooters! For those of you fortunate (or perhaps you wouldn't consider it fortunate) enough to live in rural communities or plan on visiting one, especially, and have time or know of a civic organization to get involved, "cemetery walks" are great projects to undertake. At various times, a civic club or a chapter of a national one, such as Girl or Boy Scouts 'adopt' a cemetery to clean up/clear. At the same time as the 'clean up', the scout leader/helpers may decide to do a 'cemetery walk' and turn the data over to the local historical society. When checking with a historical society, suggest you ask if something of this sort has been done in the immediate or county area. If so, ask to see the data sheets. Perhaps you may see one of your family names - then you can check further for data. For those of you unfamiliar with a 'cemetery walk', hope the following will help you. Cemetery Walks: Generally, a Cemetery Walk is done with clipboard and writing utensil(s). in hand - and every gravestone/marker is noted on/in a book or tablet. Great, too, if you have a camera handy! It is a record. This is done by Row - Line - Section....sort of a Graveyard Census. When all data has been recorded, paper or booklet is prepared, naming cemetery, date 'walked', and person's name who did the 'walk'. Data is then given to the local historical office/society for their records. In putting down details, even those stones that are so weathered by time and the elements, are noted by placement and whatever letters/dates you can make out. Descriptions of stones/markers are also described - also, the location of the cemetery (as definite as possible)...road, entry way, etc. - if it's in the middle of a farm, woods, or wherever. Historical societies are absolutely thrilled to receive 'cemetery walk' documents. In general, the membership and people who really care about helping/doing for historical societies has dropped in the past few years. Everyone leads such busy lives - retirees are a great workforce! Thank God for those that help in any way they can to continue on with the work of historical societies. Good Luck and Good Searching! Shirley: bobert@i-1.net