Truly valuable! Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <jensgen@mail.integrityonline10.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:00 PM Subject: Family Tree Finders Wednesday May 10, 2000 : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Wednesday - 10 May 2000 : : Hunting for Headstones : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Need ideas for SUMMER LEARNING AND FUN? Try these FREE newsletters: : * Recipes 4 Learning... an endless supply of fun, food and learning : * Learning Links... the best links on the web for learning : * Kinder Klicks... links and fun for pre-schoolers (3-7) : ....and SIXTEEN MORE original newsletters. : Check them all out: http://www.sodamail.com : <a href="http://www.sodamail.com"> AOL Users Click Here</a> : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : : Genealogists can often be found rooting around in overgrown : cemeteries. In fact I have heard from many genealogists who have : taken picnic lunches with them when doing cemetery research. : But what do you do when you do not have easy access to the : cemetery where your ancestors are buried? : : If you are one of those in this predicament, then you will want to : check out a newly launched web site HeadstoneHunter.com : (http://www.headstonehunter.com). : : In just four weeks the site has had more than 6000 visitors. Of : those visitors, there have been more than 400 requests for : headstone photos and some 300 photographers have volunteered to : take those pictures. : : The premise of this web site is to bring together genealogists in : need of photographs of their ancestors burial places with those : amateur photographers willing to take those pictures. The : researcher can post a request for a photograph. The photographers : can then search the database of requests to see which of them are : in their area. Then they can go out and take the photos. This is : definitely sharing at its best. And best of all the site is free. : : Visiting the site, a researcher quickly sees that they have made : more than just a "request" place available. They have a message : board where the researchers and photographers can correspond. : They have also included some useful pages that include : photography tips and inscription meanings. : : The site is easy to use and understand. You can : : -- Post a request : -- Search the database : -- Volunteer to hunt : -- Find a hunter : : While still a relatively new site, only one month old, it has already : received Ancestry.com's Family History Favorite award and : Family Tree Magazine's Site of the Day award. : : If you are interested in either requesting photographs from those : far away cemeteries or in helping other researchers by : photographing stones in your local cemeteries, then you will : definitely want to more fully investigate this web site. You can : visit it by visiting http://www.headstonehunter.com/ : : : : Rhonda R. McClure : rhondam@sodamail.com : : : If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, : please forward this entire message to them! : _________________________________________________ : : IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: : Newsletter Web site: http://www.sodamail.com/site/ftf.shtml : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA WEB : Click on the following link to be unsubscribed immediately: : http://gt.sodamail.com/exec/gt/unsubscribe_FT.html?user=583428afee65 : : NOTE: You can subscribe to other Sodamail newsletters at the same time! : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : TO SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : Need help? -- write to: help@sodamail.com : Have questions--write to our editor: editor@sodamail.com : __________________________________________________ : COPYRIGHT 1999-2000 SodaMail LLC. All rights reserved : http://www.Sodamail.com : : : : : :