The Polk County Cemetery Preservation Committee has 40 of the 110 plus cemeteries online. More will be added daily, weekly until all have been posted. Additional information has been added where known. The plan is to post the photo of the marker and link the obit, if available. This will be an ongoing project for a while. If you have additional information or would like to help with the project, contact them at pccpc@earthlink.net A list of the surveys can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/Cemeteries.html If you find any errors or broken links, please let me know so they can be fixed. Doris Robbins

Doris, that is an admirable project to connect the obituary with the grave monument. Excellent. I have written several articles on the importance of a properly written obituary to record the family history. http://www.valdostamemorials.com/articles/ArticleCheap.asp Another item we recommend is a family history plaque that is placed on graves. See: http://www.valdostamemorials.com/articles/LifeStoryMaitland.asp; http://www.valdostamemorials.com/articles/RMemorial.asp; http://www.valdostamemorials.com/articles/TellALifeStory.asp; http://www.valdostamemorials.com/articles/MemOrSmallMonument.asp This is an ideal group to communicate to others on the importance of documenting the family history through the obituary and a family history plaque. Both are gifts for future generations. Burton Fletcher Valdosta, GA Burton@USAMonuments.com -----Original Message----- From: Doris Robbins [mailto:elantr@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:32 AM To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GA-CEM] Polk County, GA Cemetery Surveys The Polk County Cemetery Preservation Committee has 40 of the 110 plus cemeteries online. More will be added daily, weekly until all have been posted. Additional information has been added where known. The plan is to post the photo of the marker and link the obit, if available. This will be an ongoing project for a while. If you have additional information or would like to help with the project, contact them at pccpc@earthlink.net A list of the surveys can be found at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/Cemeteries.html If you find any errors or broken links, please let me know so they can be fixed. Doris Robbins ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release Date: 6/11/2006

Hi Doris, What a great thing it is to see volunteers put information on-line. As a Savannah native, I only wish I could be in Savannah more often to do some surveying myself. As a member of the Surry County Genealogical Association here in NC, we are also surveying all known cemeteries in Surry County and hope to put them all on-line in the next year. Right now, we're just surveying them as to GPS, directions, etc., and hope to eventually log the names and dates of those buried. So far, we have over 200 cemeteries logged and still counting. If anyone knows of a family cemetery in Surry County, NC that might be unknown to the public, or us, please let me know and we'll research it. Bob Carter Greensboro, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Robbins" <elantr@earthlink.net> To: <GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:32 AM Subject: [GA-CEM] Polk County, GA Cemetery Surveys > The Polk County Cemetery Preservation Committee has 40 of the 110 plus > cemeteries online. More will be added daily, weekly until all have been > posted. Additional information has been added where known. The plan is > to post the photo of the marker and link the obit, if available. This > will be an ongoing project for a while. If you have additional > information or would like to help with the project, contact them at > pccpc@earthlink.net > A list of the surveys can be found at > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/polk/Cemeteries.html > If you find any errors or broken links, please let me know so they can be > fixed. > > Doris Robbins > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >