I envy you and your sidetrips! Reminds me of when we were in Decatur Co. in 2004 and trekked out to find NEW BUDA CEMETERY. Ultimately a very nice lady, Nadine Rollins, (longtime resident that remembered people on both sides of my family), gave us directions but ONLY after determining that we had some legitimate reason for going there. (She owns the property the cemetery is on.) No relatives that we could then determine were buried there, but just finding the cemetery was an unforgetable event! Dirt roads, (no gravel), and a right turn across an alfalfa field to a stand of trees delivered us to the cemetery. I do wish I'd thought to "document" each of the tombstones at that time, however, with the late afternoon visit just didn't have time. Maybe one day YOU'LL get to that one Nancee! :-) Happy Trails, Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Nancee Seifert <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/4/2009 6:22:58 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] TRIED TO FIND MCKEE CEMETERY.. > > Hi All: A few days ago, I ventured out west of Van Wert to try to find > McKee/Whittecar Cemetery, as it was a nice, sunny day.. Believe me when I > say, if you get lost in 'them-there' back roads, you might as well relax; > bring a lunch or snack.. Ha.. > > I had the map that is on the website cemetery page and had also stopped to > ask the post mistress where she thought it might be... I told her she should > have a map showing all the local cemeteries for all those asking directions > and she politely told me she didn't think the postal dept. Would think that > would be a good use of her time....... o.k.. > > As I drove around the gravel roads, I eventually ended up at Mr. Brune's > (Barry, he owns your West family property, of course...) He was quite nice, > but a little hesitant.. > > He asked me if I knew the history of DeKalb -- which I have very little > knowledge of... So, does anyone have stories they would like to share that > could be passed on to him?? > > I'm thinking I saw a book in the Leon Library on the History of DeKalb -- > but -- not sure.. > Anyway, will check when I'm there again today.. > > I am finally meeting Mary Stewart in person; she is part of our Decatur group. We are meeting in Leon for lunch and more exploring. Regards, Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message