I've got the Shirley Morris cemetery book which is a survey of all of the Cherokee County cemeteries as of about 1997. It's a great reference, but it has one weakness: the names in each cemetery are in alphabetical order, so it doesn't tell you where they are buried in relationship to each other. I live in Maryland and haven't been back to my home state in about three years. When I last visited I did my own survey of McCollums in the Landmark Baptist cemetery in Holly Springs and it really helped me sort out who was related to whom. If I gave you a list of McCollums in other cemeteries in the county, would you be able to photograph the markers and put together a diagram of where they are in the cemetery and in relationship to each other? If so, I can pay you a reasonable amount for your time and effort. If you prefer, I can at least partially compensate you "in kind" by doing some research for you. I'm a fairly competent researcher with considerable experience in tracing families in the south and southeast. If you check out the Cherokee County message board you'll see my name and the work I've been doing. I'm strictly an amateur. I don't charge for the work or for mailing the results. It's a hobby and I get a lot of satisfaction from helping others. All I need to get started is what you know about your ancestors already. I try to start with where I might be able to find them in the 1930 census, then I work backwards. I look forward to hearing from you. W. McCollum (deep roots in Cherokee County since the 1840s; uprooted by the Air Force in 1966) ----- Original Message ----- From: <bish3170@bellsouth.net> To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:32 PM Subject: [GACHEROK-L] I can verify Cemeteries, Take Photos, Etc. for you > Hello everyone. I live in Woodstock, GA in Cherokee County and I have just > recently started doing research on my family lines in other parts of the > country. I know that some of you live far away and If any of you have a > need for someone to survey a cemetery, verify a tombstone, take photos, > etc. just let me know. I am a novice researcher, so I don't know if I can > help in that regard, but I am willing to do some legwork on the weekends > and in my spare time if you need it. > > -Chris Bishop > > > ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== > GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > 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 > >