Everthing is NOT there in the Pine Bluff Listing. Just a word of caution. emcintosh01@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "MSGenConnections" <mcginnis@msgenconnections.com> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:26 PM Subject: Re: Old Crystal Springs Cemetery > The Pine Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery in Copiah County is also transcribed > in Volume 1 of the Mississippi Bible and Cemetery Records of the MS > Genealogical Society. The transcription covers 15 single-spaced pages. > > Ronnie Margaret Farris McGinnis > Editor-Publisher > Mississippi Genealogical Connections Magazine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elise McIntosh" <emcintosh01@earthlink.net> > To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 12:06 AM > Subject: Re: Old Crystal Springs Cemetery > > > > Do not dispair. You've done a great job. Yes, I was as disappointed as > > Sandra about the incomplete listings which I mentioned to her in a > separate > > e-mail. However, sometimes the only link we have is knowing where someone > > is supposed to be buried. If we see only a partial listing not labeled as > > such, we assume that the info we have is wrong. Simply putting the word > > "partial listing" will be immensely helpful. > > > > I've also noticed some discrepancies in the Pine Bluff Cemetery > > transcription as well. Names of family members that I know have been > buried > > there for years are missing from it. I'm working on getting an updated > list > > from the cemetery board of trustees. But even then, as you say, it may be > > missing some listings. > > > > Thanks for ALL the great work you do as coordinator. It's time consuming, > > but speaking for all who use the site, we do appreciate it. > > > > Elise O'Neal McIntosh > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Bob.Crawford@csmco.com> > > To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:21 PM > > Subject: Re: Old Crystal Springs Cemetery > > > > > > > Hello Sandra and all, > > > > > > First, what a great experience that you had at the Cemetery. I hope some > > > day to have the same experience and WHAT enthusiasm you must have to > move > > > forward with your research. > > > > > > Secondly, as the county coordinator for Copiah, I wanted to respond a > bit > > > more: > > > > > > I'm assuming that you found the online cemetery listing at the Copiah > site > > > and you are correct to say that it is incomplete. I'm going to add some > > > text to all of our cemetery listings that state that the listings should > > > be considered incomplete --even if done yesterday. Why? because many > > > markers are gone or unreadable and many cemeteries have no recorded > > > history of burials (at least in the early days of a cemetery). > > > > > > Genealogy data unless proven by 'official' documents (death > certificates, > > > burials from funeral records, etc.) should always be considered > > > incomplete. These web cemetery listings should just provide a place to > > > search and document your family. We should always prove to ourselves and > > > to an 'uninterested' person of the facts. > > > > > > I apologize to you for leading you down the wrong path but it was not > my, > > > nor the cemetery recorder's, intent to mislead. I just assumed that > family > > > researchers would look at web data as a secondary source and still prove > > > the facts using official documents or actual visits. > > > > > > I hope that you help us by adding your research of the cemetery > > > information to the Copiah site so we can improve our web data. > > > > > > To all of us on this list, we should all realize that genealogy data > must > > > be validated as much as possible. We should prove over and over again > our > > > family tree. I know my family line has changed twice over the last > several > > > years. > > > > > > Bob aka Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Sandra Tipton" <dooziet@home.com> > > > 07/28/01 12:03 PM > > > Please respond to "Sandra Tipton" > > > > > > > > > To: MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com > > > cc: > > > Subject: Old Crystal Springs Cemetery > > > > > > I have to take a second to vent just a little bit of frustration. I > just > > > returned from vacation where my plans included going to Crystal Springs > > > and > > > other parts of Copiah County to do some research. While I was gone, I > > > sent > > > a message to this list asking for directions (which were promptly sent). > > > Part of that message indicated there had been some vandalism committed > at > > > the cemetery and (basically) not to get my hopes up. Well, since I was > > > almost 2 hours away from Crystal Springs, I thought I would check for an > > > online transcription just to make sure the markers were still in > existence > > > for my ancestors. I really didn't want to waste the trip. > > > > > > I did find an online transcription. In this transcription, there are a > > > total of 38 stones listed. Mine were not among those listed so we > decided > > > not to go. > > > > > > The day we were leaving I asked my husband if we could just stop by the > > > cemetery and look around (just to make sure). We did......I was in > utter > > > shock. Yes, there was evidence of some vandalism and the overall age of > > > the > > > cemetery. There were many broken, weathered and missing stones --- > > > however, > > > there were hundreds of stones present and legible. This leads me to > > > believe > > > that the online transcription must represent the contributor's family > and > > > nothing else. Why, then, does the link to it not indicate that > > > information? > > > I don't have a problem with a researcher contributing information > > > pertaining > > > solely to his/her family, but this should not be linked as THE > > > transcription > > > of the cemetery. > > > > > > I can't believe I almost didn't go! Not only did I find James Armstrong > > > Sturgis and Sarah Elizabeth Wolfe Sturgis, but I also found Matt > Lockwood > > > Sturgis (grandson of above) and Charles E. Wolfe (brother of Sarah). I > > > was > > > so overwhelmed by it all that I had to choke back the tears. > > > > > > Sandra Sturgis Tipton > > > > > > Contact Information > > > EMail: dooziet@home.com > > > ICQ #: 3000482 > > > Home Phone: 615-451-1517 > > > > > > > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > The listkeeper is Annette Womack. > > > ACWomack@aol.com > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > > your heritage! > > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > Add or check queries at > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Copiah > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. 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