Most of my relatives from the area, I have discovered in: SPRING HILL BAPTIST CHURCH CREEKSTAND AME ZION CHURCH ELIZABETH BAPTIST CHURCH ASHDALE CEMETERY By chance are your PATRICKs from Perry County, AL?? John Norris Wilson researching WILSON (VA,Perry/Jefferson County, AL)- NORRIS (VA,Perry/Jefferson County, AL) - PATRICK (Perry County, AL) - CLARK (Macon/Jefferson County, AL) - FORT(E) (SC/Macon County, AL/WV) - HALL (Talladega County, AL) - STOREY/STORY (Talladega County, AL) - JOHNSON (Talladega County, AL) - CLOUD (Macon County, AL) - RICHARDSON (VA/AL) surnames. On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:00:14 EDT [email protected] writes: >Karen - > >Thank you for this information on Macon Co. research. My observation >of >Robert Perry's list of cemetaries in Macon Co. is that the list omits >cemetaries which are traditionally African-American. Noticably >missing is >Greenwood Cemetary, one of the largest in the area, and the burial >place of >nearly half of Tuskegee's Af.-Am. citizenary. There is another large >Af.-Am. >cemetary right across the road from the Tuskegee cemetary which should >not be >overlooked by those doing family research in the county. (The name of >this >cemetary escapes me now, but I will post it later if I can find the >information in my notes.) And, there is the cemetary at Tuskegee >University, >burial place of such noteables as Booker T. Washington, George >Washington >Carver, and a number of other historic figures who helped to build the > >university and the early Greenwood community. There are others: Fort >Hull >Cemetary, just outside of Tuskegee and many other smaller plots, >mostly owned >by and/or linked to the small community churches to which maintain >them. > >It is not uncommon, of course, that documentation on Af.-Am. >populations is >ignored or disregarded in most data collected by white-folks for other >white >folks. I point this out merely for those doing continuing research, >so that >Perry's list is not viewed as "complete"; and, hopefully, someone else >out >there will be encouraged to find, document, and contribute the >data/records >on those cemetaries/persons omitted from previous listings. > >Thanks for your contribution.... it is helpful. Sometimes is useful >to know >where NOT to look, too. > >Annette >Researching... >mother's surnames: HARPER GREENE SPEED TARVER LENNARD/LEONARD >LANE >father's surnames: KROUSE BESTED(A/ER) AUSTIN PATRICK >... mostly in AL counties. > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.