Thank you James, those are two really good ideas. I will try first the Random Acts of Gen. Kindness. They have helped in my research before. She died in 1928. I would think they would have used funeral homes by that time. I'll check into the ones in the Harjo/Maud area. Thanks again. -- Fran James Brown <patton14@crosstel.net> wrote: http://www.raogk.com/oklahoma2.htm You might try the link above for Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness. There are volunteers in each county that will often take photographs of tombstones, etc. The volunteer there in Pottawatomie County is La Vera Jones, If you are interested in inquiring there, she might have knowledge of the cemetary. I do volunteer look ups in Haskell County. I have in the past had knowledge of an abandoned burying ground to assist a family member. Another thought ,if you know any names of persons that you believe to be buried there and you think the burial was recent enough to be handled by a funeral home, make an inquiry there about location. Do you know the name of the cemetary? Often funeral home directors know where most cemetaries are, even if not used anymore. Wishing you the best in your search. James Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Baribeau" To: Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:59 PM Subject: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Harjo, OK > Anybody out there from Harjo, OK or live nearby. Looking for an old > cemetery, possibly grown-up. Many Indian graves there. Gr-Gr Grandma > Maudie Mae (Blagg) Taylor was buried there in Oct. 1928. -- Fran > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I hope you are sucessful in your search. The Choctaw Nation, of which I am a member has a cultural program that is in the process of locating old Indian Burying Grounds. Recently my tribal council member, Charlotte Jackson asked if I knew about graves in 2 certains areas. Coincidently I did. When the men came down from the tribal office this summer it was 101 degrees, but we trekked across the hills and located them. With the property owners permission these few graves will now be fenced and recorded in our tribal history. Only oral history and supposition that those old ones buried there most probably had connections to the Indian allotment, the land where they now lay buried. The people that came down introduced me to an awesome piece of high tech equipment, and since I knew it had to get tribal council approval to purchase,I'm sure it was very expensive. The "machine" can determine approximately how many persons are buried in the area. My son says! " Way Cool". I personally believe this is so important that these graves be located and recorded somewhere. If not after our generation , this vital piece of history will be lost forever. Have you considered contacting the Citizen Potawatomie Nation or other tribal offices. Their cultural or historical archives might assist with recorded knowledge. And last, you might check your library for a publication ( I'm sure out of print ) " Frontier Lore 1975 No. 1- Pottawatomie County Oklahoma- Pottawatomie County Historical Society" Published by Pottawatomie County" I called a friend in Shawnee to get the title of this....his cell was cutting out..but I believe that is fairly accurate. We have a historical publication in Haskell County and in its contents are most of the cemetaries and mentions of abandoned ones. Ok. I didn't mean to go on and on...Indian Burying Grounds preservation is very important to me as well as you locating these graves. If you don't mind, I would like to hear how things go. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Baribeau" <fbarib@sbcglobal.net> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Harjo, OK( Indian Graves) > Thank you James, those are two really good ideas. I will try first the > Random Acts of Gen. Kindness. They have helped in my research before. > She died in 1928. I would think they would have used funeral homes by that > time. I'll check into the ones in the Harjo/Maud area. Thanks again. -- > Fran > > James Brown <patton14@crosstel.net> wrote: > http://www.raogk.com/oklahoma2.htm > You might try the link above for Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness. > There are volunteers in each county that will often take photographs of > tombstones, etc. The volunteer there in Pottawatomie County is La Vera > Jones, If you are interested in inquiring there, she might have knowledge > of the cemetary. I do volunteer look ups in Haskell County. I have in the > past had knowledge of an abandoned burying ground to assist a family > member. > Another thought ,if you know any names of persons that you believe to be > buried there and you think the burial was recent enough to be handled by a > funeral home, make an inquiry there about location. Do you know the name > of > the cemetary? Often funeral home directors know where most cemetaries are, > even if not used anymore. Wishing you the best in your search. > > James Brown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fran Baribeau" > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:59 PM > Subject: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Harjo, OK > > >> Anybody out there from Harjo, OK or live nearby. Looking for an old >> cemetery, possibly grown-up. Many Indian graves there. Gr-Gr Grandma >> Maudie Mae (Blagg) Taylor was buried there in Oct. 1928. -- Fran >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >