Wow this looks very interesting--I glanced at the page and thought I had better forward this one for sure. -Betty Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Your wishes can come true... > Your Knox County TNGenWeb hostesses are OVERWHELMED to announce that Robert > McGinnis, the Knox County Cemetery Historian, has agreed to make > transcriptions of more than 450,000 Knox County tombstone inscriptions > available exclusively through the Knox County TNGenWeb site!!! Proceeds > from the sale of Robert's transcriptions benefit the James White Fort > Association -- JWF is a living history-style recreation of the first > settlement in the present city of Knoxville. > > The entire Cemeteries section of the Knox County TNGenWeb site has been > revamped with new information and hints of much more to come. For > instance, soon you'll be able to search a database of Knox County burials > to help you identify which of Robert's transcriptions you need to obtain. > > What makes Robert's transcriptions so wonderful? He's probably the > most-knowledgeable person about Knox County's history and residents during > the past 220 or so years. His transcriptions don't just contain the data > that was on the tombstones. Robert has spent 25 years poring through > church records, funeral home records, death certificates, obituaries, > wills, deeds, and family Bibles to enhance the transcribed data. > > Keep in mind that thousands of people left the outlying counties and moved > to Knoxville for business or employment opportunities. You might be > surprised to find out who's buried in this county! > > We know you're chomping at the bit to come visit our new section, so here's > the URL: > > http://www.wdbj.net/~tnknox/cemeteries/ > > Now -- be sure to spread the word via personal and list > mail to anyone you think would be interested.