Thanks for writing, and I'll try to answer your questions..... and also share it with the Marion List as others may have the very same ones. Always feel free to ask me any questions if you are having trouble locating information. 1)SEARCH Engine for Cemeteries on-line There is a search engine for the Cemeteries --- and all the other special categories. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gasearch.htm The other place to find that specific search engine is right on the County page... for example: Marion County http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/marion.htm Right under "cemeteries" is the "search link". ================== 2)FORMAT OF CEMETERY - oldest known burial there The cemetery files are submitted to us by individuals...and they do the surveys in different ways. Some people start at one side of the cemetery and progress....others submit it in alphabetical order. If you're looking for a name....use the "find" on your Browser. If the name has multiple spellings, then use just the first four letters.... you should be able to locate it easily. We have hundreds of cemeteries -- and I work with so many counties -- that it would be impossible for me to go through and pick out the "oldest" burial. BUT, if you would be willing to do something like that, I'd sure be glad to add it to the files. ======= 3)STONE MARKERS As to the stone markers -- I don't know of anything specific, but I know there must have been many --- and perhaps those are now the "unmarked graves" as the stone may have disappeared. 4)CHURCH RECORDS OF BURIALS Most early churches did not maintain cemeteries. All the burials were in the family land ... it is only in more recent times that churches began to have cemeteries next to them. The church records vary -- some churches do maintain good records --- others never did. Also many of those old churches no longer exist and their records are missing. We always welcome any records that anyone is able to locate! =============