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    1. [GABALDWI] MIDWAY TALMADGE CEMETERY
    2. KEITH R. WATSON
    3. Posted on: Baldwin Co. Ga Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ga/Baldwin/10199 Surname: RUSSELL GILMAN WATSON ------------------------- RECENTELY VISITED TALMADGE / MIDWAY CEMETERY IN BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS CEMETERY IS COMPLETLY OVER GROWN. THIS IS A DISGRACE TO THOSE BURIED THEIR,THE COUNTY,AND THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO ARE BURIED THEIR. I HAVE FOUND DOCUMENTED ON THE BALDWIN COUNTY WEB PAGE THAT THIS CEMETERY HAS BEEN INDEXED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST IT STATES THAT THE WPA IN 1930 COMPLETED A LIST OF THE GRAVES AND SOME OF THOSE ARE NO LONGER THEIR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A ROAD WAS CUT THROUGH THE CEMETERY. DOES ANYOPNE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS WPA LIST FROM 1930? ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THESES GRAVES WERE MOVED TO. ONE WOULD THINK WITH ALL OF THE PRISON LABOR IN BALDWIN COUNTY THAT THE COUNTY FATHERS COULD WORK OUT APLAN TO HAVE THIS AND OTHER CEMETERIES CLEANED OFF YEARLY. THANKS FOR ANY HELP KEITH

    05/06/2001 04:46:25