There is no policy to exclude African-American cemeteries. There are many listed on the internet - most cemeteries are indicated as such when they are African-American. However, all cemeteries are not yet listed - it requires someone to go out and read them and then to convert hand written notes to electronic form. Therefore, some are only available in written form (book form) and some have not been read yet. Lawrence E. Oliver - loliver@tyler.net -----Original Message----- From: rdownin@att.net [mailto:rdownin@att.net] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:42 PM To: LA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LA-CEMETERIES] Brownville Cemetery Caldwell Parish Louisiana (fwd) ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- From: rdownin@att.net To: wgalkow@bellsouth.net;bridgergates@uswest.net Cc: efcook@centurytel.net;afrigeneas-digest@Lists.MsState.Edu Subject: Brownville Cemetery Caldwell Parish Louisiana Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 19:45:15 +0000 Hello, I am researching the Brownville Cemetery located in Caldwell Parish. However, I have been unsuccessful in finding a full (or partial, for that matter) listing of the burials for this cemetery. Are you aware of where I might find such a listing ? Also, as a matter of background, was (is) it the practice in the South to not list Cemeteries where African- Americans are buried, which follows the policy began by the DAR in completing their project several years ago. The DAR (for reasons which are historically clear) following a policy of exclusion with respect to African- Americans, in delineating the cemeteries of the South. I am not sure if this practice was restricted to the South exclusively or if it was extended to their project throuoght the rest of the country. Your assistance in locating a listing for this cemetery and its inhabitants would be of course greatly appreciated. And, of course, if you have information regarding the practice and policy of not listing AA's that, too, would be appreciated. Regards. ==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== LA-FRENCH-GERMAN http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-European/LA-FRENCH-GERMAN.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237