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    1. [TNCHEATH-L] Felts Cemetery Transcription
    2. An excellent place to put the subject would be at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/tenn.html Everyone that might have a cemetery transcription should do so at that url To my knowledge, the last cemetery transcriptions published was the "Tombstone Records of Cheatham County Tennessee" Edited by Denis Dozier Haile and James E. Garrett, Jr. There are still copies of this publication available but there have been many burials since that have not been recorded. A conversation with Mr. Garrett some months back revealed that he was not interested in having the records of tombstones published on the internet as it might hurt sales. There can be no prohibition, however, against anyone, going out and transcribing the tombstones in a cemetery on their own and then posting them to the internet at a url as indicated above. That is what is currently being done with Forest Hill Cemetery. We have found several errors and ommissions from the 1985 publication and have, of course, updated it and continue to include recent burials. Thanks be to LUMPY-ONE@worldnet.att.net (She may be able to provide more information regarding the "how to" of it all. It is presently a good time of the year to get out and read/transcribe them tombstones and record them for posterity. Rsp Jim Allen P.S. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable" - read that somewhere - is applicable to tombstone transcriptions.

    02/23/1999 08:02:39