----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Russo" <elizabethrusso@home.com> To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 00:19 Subject: Re: [SCCHARLE] CHARLESTON > >>>SNIP<<<< > "new", to my expanding list. Anyone know if their cemeteries are open > to the public, or if special arrangements need to be made? Same with > cemeteries for St.Philips and the French/Huguenot churches? >>>>snip<<<<<< I was in Charleston earlier this month and stopped by the Huguenot church. The Church was open with two docents present. However, there were chains across the entrances to the cemetery. When I inquired of the docent, I was told that no one was allowed to visit the graveyard "unless they have an ancestor there". When I provided a name, it was checked against a list. Satisfied, the docent escorted me to the cemetery. All very courteous. When I asked how long the cemetery had been closed, I was told "since Hugo". I also gathered that a child had been injured by a falling grave marker. For those with an interest in this cemetery, an inventory of tombstones supplemented with death records from the Board of Health was published some years ago in the Transactions of the Huguenot Society. A well worn photocopy is kept at the Church. I believe there is also an inventory of the memorial markers appearing on the walls within the Church ... but not sure. Travel tip ... try to stay downtown - south of Calhoun Street ... park your car and don't get back in it until you leave .... Charles L. Dibble

Thank you Charles for the advice. I was able to copy the list of those buried at the Huguenot Church from the Transactions. I hope to transcribe it for this list and the Hugo list when I get back. Or else upload it to my website. I was pleasantly surprised to see some HUTCHINSONs on the list. I don't know yet if they are "mine"--hoping to find out while in Charleston--but I'll claim them, along with the ALEXANDER DUBOIS who may or may not be related to any of my own DUBOIS. Hopefully I'll sound more definite about the relations when I ask the docents to see the cemetery. Unfortunately, we cannot afford to stay in the Historic District; Comfort Inn Riverside was the only place we could find for less than 150 dollars per night during the Easter holidays. At least it is a short distance away. Elizabeth DuBois Russo "Charles L. Dibble (BLS)" wrote: > I was in Charleston earlier this month and stopped by the Huguenot church. > The Church was open with two docents present. However, there were chains > across the entrances to the cemetery. When I inquired of the docent, I was > told that no one was allowed to visit the graveyard "unless they have an > ancestor there". When I provided a name, it was checked against a list. ... > Travel tip ... try to stay downtown - south of Calhoun Street ... park your > car and don't get back in it until you leave .... > > Charles L. Dibble