Paul, Be glad to.... www.lib.chattanooga.gov Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul H. Ross <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Tennessee/Georgia Memorial Gardens > > --WebTV-Mail-23020-646 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Sue, Could you please give the web address for the "Chattanooga/Hamilton > County Bicentennial Library" one more time. Thanks, Paul > > > --WebTV-Mail-23020-646 > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Message/RFC822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Received: from smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.43) by > storefull-614.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 > 08:32:57 -0700 (PDT) > Received: by smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id 683E9225; > Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:33:00 -0700 (PDT) > Delivered-To: [email protected] > Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by > smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id > D2B3B1F5; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:32:59 -0700 (PDT) > Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id > f58FSi301370; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:28:44 -0600 > Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:28:44 -0600 > X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Jun 8 08:28:44 2001 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > From: "Beverly Forrester" <[email protected]> > Old-To: <[email protected]> > References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Tennessee/Georgia Memorial Gardens > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:56:49 -0400 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/616 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > It always pays to double check records... > > My dad is buried at TN/GA along with other relatives and friends (both on my > side and my husband's). > > A little tibit about the cemetery... it was originally owned by a Mrs. > McCormick (I may have that name mis-spelled). She was one of my customer > where I worked at the time and I will never forget her saying to me one day > that she land enough to last 100 years and she was going to live to sell > every lot. > > She died several years ago. I don't remember if she sold the cemetery before > she died or if it was sold after her death. However, it is now owned by a > corporation. > > I have checked on many records in the office there, including some burials > that have no tombstones at the grave site, and have not had any problems. > Not long ago, I checked on one for a friend whose grandfather was buried in > the 1940's and the obituary from a Chattanooga paper was attached to the > office records. We were glad to find that. > > I'm sorry that you missed out on establishing your family's history due to > their error but am glad you now have it corrected. > > Sue > > PS... Since we are so close to Chattanooga, TN, most of the obituaries are > carried in the CHATTANOOGA TIMES and/or CHATTANOOGA FREE PRESS. These go > back to 1897 and the index is on-line through the Chattanooga/Hamilton > County Becentennial Library. > > www.lib.chattanooga.lib > > click on community icon > > click on obituary icon > > go to the bottom of the page and click on data base. > > in the search window, type in last name first. > > click on the widow just below the name and hi-lit "browse author or name". > > If you enter a name and it wasn't entered exactly as it was put in the data > base, it will come back "no match". However, if you hi-lited the "browse", > it will take you to that surname data base and you can then search through > each one to see if you can find the person for whom you are searching. > > Many times a person's name was in the paper as a nickname or second name. > How ever it was in the paper is how it is entered in the data base. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Gilreath <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Tennessee/Georgia Memorial Gardens > > > > At 10:20 AM 6/8/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >Joe, > > > > > >The office at Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park have kept very good records > > >and the staff, I have found, always willing to help. > > > > > > Always willing to help, but be careful about the records part. At least in > my > > case. > > > > A few years back we hit a dead end with my great grandfather Carl > Gilreath. > > > > Finally about 6 months after posting on a web site I got an email from > > Charlotte in Rossville that read, I think my grandfather was your > > great grandfathers brother. > > > > Away we went searching and finally came up with documentation to prove it. > > > > we finally discovered that Carl was buried in the same cemetery as his > > brother. (tenn/geo memorial) > > > > But nothing matched the records. But with Charlotte living right there, > > she went to the cemetery and found the stones. > > > > All the information on the stone was correct, the info in the office was > > wrong (date of death, name spelled wrong etc). We have since had them > > correct it. > > > > we live in the upper peninsula of Michigan and last summer took our > vacation > > to North Georgia where we met with Charlotte's side of the Gilreath family > > tree and were able to connect into previous research of the main Gilreath > > tree. That one piece of erroneous information kept us off the main tree. > > we toured the cemetery (beautiful place) and took photo's of the old > stones. > > > > To make a long story short, don't give up and if you find errors, work to > > have them corrected. > > > > our roots in Walker county and Chattooga county are now established and > > it was fun to tour the area last summer. > > > > I recently purchased the book on the history of Chattooga county and > > discovered my great great great great grandfather James H Gilreath was one > > of the first to settle in the new county. > > > > > > I'm still seeking information on the Ivey side. Carl married Bertha Ivey > > in 1913 in walker county and her father was a Frank Ivey. any info on > > this line would be great. > > > > thanks for all the help and info you people provide! > > > > Bob > > > > > > >The telephone number is 706-866-5533. > > > > > >The address is 724 Hogan Rd., Rossville, GA 30741. > > > > > > Bob Gilreath > > Telcom Engineer > > IT Telcom > > Michigan Tech University > > 906-487-3697 > > [email protected] > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > --WebTV-Mail-23020-646-- > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > [email protected] or [email protected] if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >