From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 1 13:52:24 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 k01KqOg3018048; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:52:24 -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 k01KqNT0017826 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:52:23 -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 k01IQ8FI030891 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:26:08 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k01IQ8pa030890 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:26:08 -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 k01INAFI030825 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:23:15 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k01KnEpx016574 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:49:14 -0700 X-Envelope-From: GardnerRus@carolina.rr.com Sun Jan 1 13:49:14 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 k01KnEg3016563 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:49:14 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.102]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k01KnACG016458 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:49:13 -0700 Received: from marylynn (cpe-069-134-098-050.carolina.res.rr.com [69.134.98.50]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id k01K4XfW011422 for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:04:38 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <007101c60f0e$94faeff0$32628645@marylynn> From: "Marilynn Masten" To: "ROOTS-L Digest" Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:04:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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-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] Ant's Nest It wasn't a Hornet's nest that was stirred up by that question---I'd call it an Ant's Nest, with all the busy workers reporting on their work. One thing of interest was the message about cleaning up cemeteries. This is a wonderful project and you can even enlist the help of the Boy Scouts. They can't spend all of their time helping old ladies across the street. I write in behalf of the Potter's Fields, where the indingent were buried, often with no tombstone. My grandmother died in 1940 and by the time my father knew she was dead, she had been buried with no marker. My husband and I visited the area and were told the cemetery was "over there somewhere." We never could find it. But after we left, our cousin, who lived in the area, with the instincts of a bloodhound, found the cemetery and got it cleaned up. While cleaning it, markers with numbers were found. She then got names to go with the markers and so our Grandmother has a tomb stone. It is too bad other families don't think to look in such areas. It had never crossed our minds. You imagine your ancestor neatly buried in a nicely mowed cemetery and all you have to do is search. Not so. I have one buried in what is now a stone quarry and we aren't allowed in there. And check out with the locals before you go tromping through weeds and tall grass. One man warned us in time that the old cemetery we were about to enter was full of Copperheads! Happy Hunting!! Marilynn IBSSG