Would you, please post the URL for your web site. I have lost all the addresses that I had in my address book. Thanks, Sue From the Desktop of Sue & Richard Marsh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tara D. Fields" <tutcher@camdencounty.org> To: <GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:04 PM Subject: [GAEMANUE-L] My trip to Emanuel > > Well folks, James and I just got back from our trip to Emanuel / Jefferson > Counties. I had a GREAT time. We stayed the first night at James's great > uncle Jack's house (another Fields) south of Emanuel. The next two nights > we spent in Swainsboro at the Coleman Inn (what a BEAUTIFUL house). We are > very tired as we spent the entire time running around. We'd stop long > enough to eat and would get back to our room exhausted each night. We saw > a lot! We managed to find the grave of my husband's 3rd great grandparents > (I'll pat myself on the back for that one, it was in the woods!) James's > great uncle never knew that his own great-grandparents were buried so > near. In fact, until I presented him with this information he didn't even > know his name! He's approaching 80 years old and was thrilled with what we > have all learned. > > We also visited the Hall Cemetery as well as about 10 or so other > cemeteries. I will be posting the photos on my web site so you all can get > copies if any happen to be also related to you. > > My high point was getting a photo with my husband, his father, and his > great-uncle together with the grave of two people - their 3rd great, 2nd > great, and 1 great grandfather and grandmother - respectively. It's a > shame that my husband's grandfather has already passed away. I would have > loved to have gotten a photo of a direct line - but this is close enough! > > Even my husband, who doesn't care about all of this quite as much as I do, > felt that the trip was good. His grandfather Fields died the year before > he was born. Pa Henry was always just a name. Spending time with his Uncle > Jack (Pa Henry's son from his second marriage) was a blessing - James > heard stories about Pa Henry he had never heard before. James said that he > know feels like this man was a REAL person. As my husband has a better > mind for stories I'm going to ask him to write down the ones we heard so > that I can add them to the family file. The funny ones I'll also post to > the list! > > All for now. I'm totally pooped, but I am looking forward to spending time > organizing my photos and sharing them with you all. Without this list, > this trip wouldn't have been very productive! > > Also, I have acquired some new books. Once I have finished with the photos > I'll post the names of the books and offer to do (reasonable) look-ups. > > Take care, > > Tara Fields > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0531-3, 08/04/2005 > Tested on: 8/4/2005 7:04:10 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > ==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== > Nancy Gay Crawford, List Administrator > mailto:MeMeC@alltel.net > >