Tammy, Are African-Americans in this cemetery? I think what you are doing is great! Vanessa ---------- >From: Bastropcc@aol.com >To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXBASTRO] oak hill cemetery smithville >Date: Sun, Jul 30, 2000, 2:14 PM > >I'm continuing the survey of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Smithville. Instead of >sending emails with the survey, I've set up a file (no links to it, so save >this address if you're interested). >The address is: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/cemetery/oakhillsmithville.html >When I'm done, I'll sent it to the cemetery project page. > >For the person interested in Milton Joseph Bishop, he was in the first >section (from the front gate go all the way to the back far left side, and in >that section, come back 3 rows. There was one other grave. There is a small >infant's grave of his child, b. 1910, with a small headstone and cement >curbing in a small rectangle to show it's an infant. At the foot of this >curbing is the large headstone for Milton, facing the same direction as the >infant's, with cement curbing in a large rectangle showing it's an adult size >grave. There are no other headstones close enough to indicate other family >members. > >Most of the family sections have cement curbing to show each family section, >with most having the last name spelled out in tile. As I complete the survey >I will start dividing the sections and adding the family name so you can >figure out who goes with whom. >I can only do this one on weekends so it will be a while before I'm done. I >went yesterday and today and am still typing up what I got so you might look >again later. I take a tape recorder with me and say the information into it, >then come home and type it up at night. Just a hint for those that want to >try surveying a cemetery. I spell names out that are spelled different ways >and make sure I spell last names that are not common. Most are old >headstones and difficult to read and many have inscriptions that I can't >read. Also, there is a mold or fungus that grows on some kinds of headstones, >looks like moss and some looks like rust. That also makes it hard to read. > > >Tammy Owen >Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator >Bastropcc@aol.com >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html > > >==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== >List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at gaylon@flash.net > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >