What you said was very very interesting......Can you widen your margins for email letters....It might not seem so long then, It really wasn't off topic at all, and very appreciated, Thanks, Sharon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:52:02 -0400 "Cindy Mantooth" <toothie@planetc.com> writes: > I am posting this to the List as I was > in the Hamblen Co. library yesterday to > do lookups as I had promised all of you. > The librarian was upset that she had > gotten calls from everywhere about these > records; people thinking the librarians > could do lookups for them. I profusely > apologized for us saying that I had > volunteered to do lookups for these > records and would contact the List to > notify everyone. > > Please, please, please, do NOT CALL the > Hamblen Co. library to ask about these > records. I will be more than happy to do > lookups for you if you will send your > requests to me privately. > > My e-mail address is: > toothie@planetc.com . As I told Mr. > Cameron, the pages are copied and not > very well. This looks like a copy of the > originals that are in the Archives in > GA. but they are readable. > > Those of you who have send requests, I > am about halfway through the pages. The > book is about 3 inches thick, including > the accompanying cemetery plats. Most of > the sites have several surnames, i.e. > STUBBLEFIELD has 15 in one cemetery. > Some cemeteries are private family > cemeteries containing whole families. > Some of the sad part is when the next of > kin was asked where they wanted the > remains reinterred, the answer was > "remain". Even though Cherokee Lake has > covered up the cemeteries, at least the > plat shows where it was located if > someone wants to go to that spot on the > lake. Beginning in August, TVA starts to > "draw down" the lake, meaning they open > the gates and drain most of the lake for > possible winter and springs floods. That > was the reason for the tributary lakes, > vs. the main stream lakes like Loudon in > Knoxville which remains at the same > level. By December, the Holston River is > back in it's original channel for the > most part. All the old homesteads are > revealed again; foundations, parts of > silos, etc. As for the cemeteries, I > doubt there would be anything left, but > the land is still there. > > This is getting over long. I apologize > for taking up too much space. Forgive me > for digressing from the purpose of this > List, genealogy research. > > Cindy >