From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 1 09:30:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k01GUcg3000838; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:30:38 -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 k01GUaTF001508 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:30:36 -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 k01E4NFI029749 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:04:23 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k01E4Nqp029748 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:04:23 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0173jFI014132 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 02:03:45 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k019TlYb031467 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 02:29:47 -0700 X-Envelope-From: floridasearch@tampabay.rr.com Sun Jan 1 02:29:47 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k019Tlg3031408 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 02:29:47 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-02.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.132]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k019TkpC006562 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 02:29:47 -0700 Received: from davidson143f82 (43-28.119-70.tampabay.res.rr.com [70.119.28.43]) by ms-smtp-02.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id k019Teb8028308; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 04:29:45 -0500 (EST) Old-Return-Receipt-To: "Alvie L. Davidson CG" From: "Alvie L. Davidson CG" To: Cc: Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 04:29:39 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-reply-to: <200601010052.k010q5WW028566@lists5.rootsweb.com> Thread-index: AcYOcQvgy9Qj7hF7QZG97SjTF7GlYgAQ+8Ig Disposition-Notification-To: "Alvie L. Davidson CG" X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Cemetery History Good morning Since you seem to expressed any information about the history of the real estate that might be a good starting place. You need to learn who either donated or sold the land for use as a cemetery. It might contain some names of either a church, town, or some formerly unknown organization such as an Odd Fellow Lodge, Masonic Lodge, etc. These real estate records should be in the county clerk's office and should be accessed. You might have to ask the aid of a real estate title company in the area and if you explain the charity part of the research they will likely ask nothing for research and documents. You must treat this the same as you would any genealogical research project. You might not find what you are looking for but in the same research you will learn some of the history of the cemetery. Knowing who is buried in each unmarked grave as to who is buried where may not come to light but you might find some names and family connections. Was there ever a church close by? My ancestors in North Alabama are buried in a church cemetery but the church burned many, many years ago. When the church building was rebuilt it was relocated a long way from the cemetery. The cemetery maintains the same name and private families keep up the cemetery. Alvie L. Davidson CG CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.