Amen!! Pictures are the best way to preserve our history. Tombstones are proof that a person lived and died. Typed information is nice but as you said people do make mistakes. I have a question to ask and am not sure anyone can answer this one but will try. I am wondering since the WPA used to go out and type up names of people in cemeteries at one time why someone has not found the lists? Seems to me this might help for many of the tombstones that are missing because they have been either vandalized or ruined over time by Nature. Any thoughts on this? I too want to give my thanks to all the hard working volunteers who give their time in typing, copying information, driving to pick up papers when the court was going to throw them out, and for any other thing they do to make researching easier for those of us who do not live in the area. Thank you all. George Pearson wrote: > > I have been asked several times, Why have a tombstone photo web site > with all the info > posted on the web about cemeteries. > I am not try to take anything away from surveying a cemetery because I > have "been there and done that". I know what it is to wade thru knee > deep grass, briars and bushes looking for another tombstone and more. > I [with others] had to take the time to find someone to lead us to an > abandoned cemetery, only to find out we had been within 20 to 50 feet > from it before durning a 1/2 day trip looking for it. > > > My personal opinion is; Looking at photo of one of my ancesters names > on a tombstone > makes it much more personal than looking at the same name on a printed > list. > I guess it proves the old saying "one picture is worth a thousand works" > I agree there are those persons, who want nothing more than a printed > list. > That is their right and which must be respected. But I am in the group > that wants a little more. > > Last, but not least: > Takeing tombstone photos with modern digital cameras "lets you see > what you are going to get > before you get it". So you can be sure, you have the best photo of the > tombstone as possible. > Sure beats one or more persons trying to figure out what is written on > the tombstone, while > standing in the hot sun, waist deep in bushes and briars and not > knowing if you are standing > inches from a rattlesnake or not. > In hindsight, I guess the person was right, when I was told, you are > crazy to go out there in > those bushes and briars just to record names on a tombstone." > > George > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – > FREE download! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== MSTISHOM Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please keep Chat mail private. Only post to the list what you wish > everyone to Recieve. > > >

Tim, first of all, I appreciate your thanks on maintaining our county records as I kept boxes and boxes of books, papers, etc. in my basement for years. In fact, Cindy Nelson and I kept all of them until the Archives became reality. Next, about the WPA, I have some years ago ordered and printed the microfilm roll of Tishomingo County WPA documentation. And, now, I have donated the microfilm roll to our Archives so that all can share. The Archives was very fortunate in receiving a personal donation which made the purchase of a microfilm reader/printer a reality at the Archives. However, the cemetery projects were not documented nor mentioned in our county WPA files. I realize that some counties were documented and that is wonderful. I, personally, have an ancestor who was buried way out in a field with a sandstone for a headstone. When I questioned the landowner about any sort of activity there, he said that he remembered the WPA coming out there and cleaning it up. Alas, tho, no record of such! Thanks for your interest in our county - and I hope that the pix of both ancestors and headstones becomes a reality! Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Struble" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM-L] tombstone photo website. > Amen!! Pictures are the best way to preserve our history. Tombstones are > proof that a person lived and died. Typed information is nice but as you > said people do make mistakes. > > I have a question to ask and am not sure anyone can answer this one but > will try. I am wondering since the WPA used to go out and type up names > of people in cemeteries at one time why someone has not found the lists? > Seems to me this might help for many of the tombstones that are missing > because they have been either vandalized or ruined over time by Nature. > Any thoughts on this? > > I too want to give my thanks to all the hard working volunteers who give > their time in typing, copying information, driving to pick up papers > when the court was going to throw them out, and for any other thing they > do to make researching easier for those of us who do not live in the > area. Thank you all. > > > George Pearson wrote: > > > > > I have been asked several times, Why have a tombstone photo web site > > with all the info > > posted on the web about cemeteries. > > I am not try to take anything away from surveying a cemetery because I > > have "been there and done that". I know what it is to wade thru knee > > deep grass, briars and bushes looking for another tombstone and more. > > I [with others] had to take the time to find someone to lead us to an > > abandoned cemetery, only to find out we had been within 20 to 50 feet > > from it before durning a 1/2 day trip looking for it. > > > > > > My personal opinion is; Looking at photo of one of my ancesters names > > on a tombstone > > makes it much more personal than looking at the same name on a printed > > list. > > I guess it proves the old saying "one picture is worth a thousand works" > > I agree there are those persons, who want nothing more than a printed > > list. > > That is their right and which must be respected. But I am in the group > > that wants a little more. > > > > Last, but not least: > > Takeing tombstone photos with modern digital cameras "lets you see > > what you are going to get > > before you get it". So you can be sure, you have the best photo of the > > tombstone as possible. > > Sure beats one or more persons trying to figure out what is written on > > the tombstone, while > > standing in the hot sun, waist deep in bushes and briars and not > > knowing if you are standing > > inches from a rattlesnake or not. > > In hindsight, I guess the person was right, when I was told, you are > > crazy to go out there in > > those bushes and briars just to record names on a tombstone." > > > > George > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – > > FREE download! > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== MSTISHOM Mailing List ==== > > ======================================================== > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Please keep Chat mail private. Only post to the list what you wish > > everyone to Recieve. > > > > > > > > > ==== MSTISHOM Mailing List ==== > > > >