TEI A. First of all not everyone who is buried in a local cemetery had a headstone. Sometimes a field Stone was used to mark the grave with no markings at all as to who was buried in that spot. The cemetery books cover those folks who had stones with names inscribed on them. Liz
I believe the ladies who put the book together also tried to glean the newspapers and other sources as best they could to help fill in the information. This is from my recollection from when I was in the Library a few years back. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] lost graves help TEI A. First of all not everyone who is buried in a local cemetery had a headstone. Sometimes a field Stone was used to mark the grave with no markings at all as to who was buried in that spot. The cemetery books cover those folks who had stones with names inscribed on them. Liz ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. No commercial activities are allowed on this list. Please see full list rules here: http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237