Hello, The Halifax County Library, Halifax, NC has a book on Cemeteries in Halifax County, so you might want to pay them a visit. They have a very good genealogy collection. Johnnie -----Original Message----- From: Glen Gallagher <GlenGallagher@compuserve.com> To: NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com <NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: [NCHALIFA] Old Cemeteries > One of the resources I've never pursued while working on my Halifax >County THOMPSON ancestors are cemetery records. I don't know that I've >ever come across any published records of cemeteries. Also, I don't know >if there happen to be any old cemeteries -- most likely in the immediate >vicinity of the city of Halifax -- that it might pay me to visit. > > I may be getting an opportunity to do some work in Halifax County >in the near future, so I'm curious as to whether there are some good >"hunting grounds" I might benefit from if I visited. > > By the way, I actually grew up in Scotland Neck, just down the road >from Halifax, so I'm familiar with the old cemetery there. My research so >far suggests that my possible ancestors probably lived right around >Halifax. I'm not positive, but I have to start somewhere. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > >Glen > >GlenGallagher@compuserve.com >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/GlenGallagher/index.htm > > >==== NCHALIFA Mailing List ==== >We have had good success in increasing subscription to the Halifax,NC > list, over 200 people now. Perhaps if everyone would post something > once a week or so things would pickup. Suggest you list a small group > of ancestors you need info for or to see if others connect or have info > pertaining to them. area. Jesse Lawrence, listowner, jmljr@flash.net > > >