I have the two stones at Owens Family Cemetery in Frankston. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Odom" <bevodom@gmail.com> To: <TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:59 PM Subject: [[TXANDERS]] ETGS request > New Cemetery Photo Preservation Committee > > Calling all volunteers! A new Cemetery Preservation Committee is being > formed. Currently small in members, the focus will be to preserve > information on the tombstones. Two USGenweb sites are sponsored by ETGS. > Our > goal is to clean all of the tombstones, take digital pictures of them and > create a new survey, using data from the photos. This information will be > made available to the genealogical community at large. > > Check out the Smith County USGenweb page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/smith/tsphotos/smithph.html to see a > number of cemeteries already photographed. In contrast, look at Anderson > County's USGenweb page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/anderson/tsphotos/andersnph.htm > where > few photos are available. It is important to get all the other cemeteries > "camera preserved." You can see the need and call for committee > volunteers. > > You can do the following things to help: > > (1) Plan to have your family's cemetery digitally photographed, > > (2) Take existing photos, crop, and rename them, > > (3) Take existing cropped photos, and create an index, > > (4) Participate in cleaning stones in preparation for photography. > > YOU DO NOT have to be a member of ETGS to help out. > > Following is the info that is currently in process as well as what is > already up on the > > Anderson County page. > > CURRENTLY BEING PHOTOGRAPHED: > > Olive Branch - Brushy Creek - Ben Poppell and Family > > Mt Olive/Sand Flat - Frankston - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > Cedar Creek - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > Our Acre - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > Post Oak/Original Cedar Creek - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > Lakeview - Elkhart - Beverly Odom > > Old Bethel - Frankston - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > Jesse Parker - Elkhart - Beverly Odom > > > PARTIAL PHOTOS: > > Judson in Cayuga, thanks to Jo Reynolds > > Starr, Guiceland, Strong, Tennessee Colony, Pilgrim - Thanks to Karla > Lang > > Bluff Springs - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Davis - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Fields Chapel - Yvonne McCutchen > > Fort Houston - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Holly Springs - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Land of Memories - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Pilgrim - Laura Gregory Calvin > > Swanson - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > We are interested if the cemetery has an association, meetings, or > clean-up > get-togethers. Let us know so that we can let others know. We need contact > people & numbers, directions and locations of any of the cemeteries. > > > TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED. > > Contact Beverly Odom at: bevodom@gmail.com or (903) 825-6896 > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Please send the pictures as well as directions to the cemetery. By any chance do you have copies of the entrance as well? Thank you for helping. Beverly On 8/23/06, Ginger Davis <davisg01@airmail.net> wrote: > I have the two stones at Owens Family Cemetery in Frankston. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Odom" <bevodom@gmail.com> > To: <TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:59 PM > Subject: [[TXANDERS]] ETGS request > > > > New Cemetery Photo Preservation Committee > > > > Calling all volunteers! A new Cemetery Preservation Committee is being > > formed. Currently small in members, the focus will be to preserve > > information on the tombstones. Two USGenweb sites are sponsored by ETGS. > > Our > > goal is to clean all of the tombstones, take digital pictures of them and > > create a new survey, using data from the photos. This information will be > > made available to the genealogical community at large. > > > > Check out the Smith County USGenweb page at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/smith/tsphotos/smithph.html to see a > > number of cemeteries already photographed. In contrast, look at Anderson > > County's USGenweb page at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/anderson/tsphotos/andersnph.htm > > where > > few photos are available. It is important to get all the other cemeteries > > "camera preserved." You can see the need and call for committee > > volunteers. > > > > You can do the following things to help: > > > > (1) Plan to have your family's cemetery digitally photographed, > > > > (2) Take existing photos, crop, and rename them, > > > > (3) Take existing cropped photos, and create an index, > > > > (4) Participate in cleaning stones in preparation for photography. > > > > YOU DO NOT have to be a member of ETGS to help out. > > > > Following is the info that is currently in process as well as what is > > already up on the > > > > Anderson County page. > > > > CURRENTLY BEING PHOTOGRAPHED: > > > > Olive Branch - Brushy Creek - Ben Poppell and Family > > > > Mt Olive/Sand Flat - Frankston - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > > > Cedar Creek - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > > > Our Acre - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > > > Post Oak/Original Cedar Creek - Elkhart - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > > > Lakeview - Elkhart - Beverly Odom > > > > Old Bethel - Frankston - Wallace and Beverly Odom > > > > Jesse Parker - Elkhart - Beverly Odom > > > > > > PARTIAL PHOTOS: > > > > Judson in Cayuga, thanks to Jo Reynolds > > > > Starr, Guiceland, Strong, Tennessee Colony, Pilgrim - Thanks to Karla > > Lang > > > > Bluff Springs - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Davis - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Fields Chapel - Yvonne McCutchen > > > > Fort Houston - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Holly Springs - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Land of Memories - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Pilgrim - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > Swanson - Laura Gregory Calvin > > > > > > We are interested if the cemetery has an association, meetings, or > > clean-up > > get-togethers. Let us know so that we can let others know. We need contact > > people & numbers, directions and locations of any of the cemeteries. > > > > > > TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED. > > > > Contact Beverly Odom at: bevodom@gmail.com or (903) 825-6896 > > > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > -- Beverly