Hi All, I am new to the list and I am wondering if someone would have a cemetery book for the area and would they be kind enough to look up the following persons for me? The graves I am looking for would be John & Christiana Thompson. John died in 1825 before Anderson County was formed and I believe he lived in the Gilbert Creek area and Christiana died around 1835. Really would appreciate your help. Thanks. Roberta Summers

Hello Roberta: I do NOT have cemetery books for the area that now encompasses Anderson County, so unfortunately I cannot help with your request for burials of John and Christiana Thompson who died in Anderson Co in 1825 and 1835. I DO have cemetery books for the FRANKFORT CEMETERY in Franklin County, Frankfort, KY, which was established in the late 1840's. I am happy to do look-ups for people who may have relatives or ancestors buried there. There is no on-line site for this cemetery. Note, however, that the LEXINGTON CEMETERY (Fayette Co) in Lexington, KY has an excellent, free on-line site for genealogy research. This cemetery was established about 1850. Also, the GEORGETOWN CEMETERY (Scott Co) in Georgetown, KY has an excellent, free on-line site for genealogy research. This cemetery was established about 1850. General public cemeteries with "perpetual care" were not really established until the 1850's. In fact, the cemetery in Frankfort is believed to be only the second incorporated general public "rural garden concept" cemetery established in the U.S. (the first being near Boston). Prior to that time cemeteries were usually on privately owned property (farms, backyards, or even vacant lots that were subsequently developed without regards to the buried remains) or on church property and were frequently only maintained so long as family members survived and maintained them. Good luck! Virginia Perry Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:59 AM Subject: [KYFRANKL] Cemetery books > Hi All, > I am new to the list and I am wondering if someone would have a cemetery book > for the area and would they be kind enough to look up the following persons > for me? The graves I am looking for would be John & Christiana Thompson. John > died in 1825 before Anderson County was formed and I believe he lived in the > Gilbert Creek area and Christiana died around 1835. Really would appreciate your > help. Thanks. > Roberta Summers > > ------------------------------- > 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