They were enclosed by a small fenced area. But I did not take a picture of the entrance. I did take pictures of the few fieldstones that was used as headstones. No markings just stones. Ginger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Odom" <bevodom@gmail.com> To: <TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:22 PM Subject: [[TXANDERS]] Re: [[TXANDERS]] Re: [[TXANDERS]] ETGS request > 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 > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Do you have family in this cemetery or were you just preserving history by taking the pictures? If it is family, then I'm hoping you will have some information about the stones. If not, maybe someone else will. You can send them as an attachment. Thanks again, Beverly On 8/23/06, Ginger Davis <davisg01@airmail.net> wrote: > They were enclosed by a small fenced area. But I did not take a picture of > the entrance. I did take pictures of the few fieldstones that was used as > headstones. No markings just stones. > > Ginger > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Odom" <bevodom@gmail.com> > To: <TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:22 PM > Subject: [[TXANDERS]] Re: [[TXANDERS]] Re: [[TXANDERS]] ETGS request > > > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > -- Beverly