Jean and all, I heard a genealogy talk last year from someone who wanted to prove where her ancestors were buried in Tennessee - something about inserting a tube through the earth where she thought they were and testing the D.N.A. :) OK now, everybody with an ancestor hiding under a rock, say Amen! (And a deafening roar was heard...) Gail JCope8007@aol.com wrote: > > I know Austin Copeland is buried at Smyrna Cemetery but there is no marker, > just a rock and I would like to be able to prove which rock he is under. Like > most of my ancestors they all have hidden under rocks. > > Jean

Austin Copeland was born 1805 in South Carolina. He married Lydia Williams who was born 1806 in Georgia. They were married on July 26, 1829, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. The Robert G. you have listed is his son. Your list is way behind on the Copeland names. I know Austin died in 1870 because Lydia is listed on the 1871 census as a widow. I appreciate your help. Jean

Jean, I have a lot of unidentified "rocks" in our families too.. He isn't on the old list I have. I assume it was logged from the markers. Hopefully it will be on the church records. The only Copelands on the list are: J. David 1879-1949, Frances E. 1896-1965, R.G. no dates CSA, and J.E. 1890-1966. Do you have a date. If so there may be someone in the area that would know if it isn't recorded. I have replaced rocks with markers for several in our family, thanks to "senior" relatives. BTW, My nephew married a Copeland!!!! Kimberly At 10:13 PM 6/8/98 EDT, you wrote: >I know Austin Copeland is buried at Smyrna Cemetery but there is no marker, >just a rock and I would like to be able to prove which rock he is under. Like >most of my ancestors they all have hidden under rocks. > >Jean > > >

Thanks for saying my listing looks great on our cemetery project. All the praise goes to Rusty and Gail. I was able to do the leg work and they did the polishing. I think the finished results are super and love the way it is formatted. I can hardly wait until they get Hall Cemetery (my last project) online so we can see how it looks. I've been working on Grange Hall and only have 5 more rows to read on the right hand side before it will be complete. It's wonderful to see interest in the work catching on. Sue At 05:47 PM 6/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Rusty/Jean > I attended the Historical Marker dedication for Smyrna last year. I >beleive they had an updated list for it. Will make some phone calls tonight >and let you know.. > Was told yesterday the State now requires a platt of the cemeteries so >those without, may be making them. It may save us time (and work) if we >contact the person in charge of the cemetery first. > Which database are you using??? Format was a big question when I did >Forrest Hill and Eagle Creek... Sue's lists looks great!! >Kimberly > >At 11:52 AM 6/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >>Jean - >> >>There sure is <g>! I will check with the museum and get a copy of whatever >>listing they have for Symrna Cemetery. As soon as I get that, I will put it >>in a 'standard' format and get that to you so that you can take it to the >>cemetery, check and correct any errors in the existing list, and update it >>with any new burials. >> >>I'll let you know as soon as I get the listing. Thank you very much for >>volunteering! >> >>Rusty Cook >> >>On Sunday, June 07, 1998 9:28 PM, JCope8007@aol.com >>[SMTP:JCope8007@aol.com] wrote: >>> I am interested in seeing the Smyrna Cemetery in Harrison County > > >

Gail Brown wrote: > > I've been asked to write a column for the Harrison Co. Genealogical > Society Newsletter, and thought I'd do the one on our online cemetery > listing project. I'll be working on it this afternoon - and maybe > tonight and maybe tomorrow morning - so please share your ideas, > opinions, suggestions with me. I'd like to include some feedback in > the article. > > Thanks, > > Gail I understand that you are doing a great job with the cemeterys but what about the ones on our ancestors homeplace. I have one I know in Upshur but have no idea where to look for his place. I know he bought land from Polly Glasgow but where do I find her land? I know this is not your county but I was just making a point. Good luck to all of you. I do have family that lived in Harrison, too. Joyce -- Joyce DAY AUSTIN <jaau@airmail.net> Researching VA, GA, TN, TX: DAY, COLE, FORMBY, MOORE, DAVIS TX: SLOCUM, HENDRIX, BRITTON VA, TN, TX: AUSTIN, WOOD, RUSSELL RED RIVER CO, TEXAS: HALL, MARTIN Home page: http://web2.airmail.net/jaau/index.htm

Rusty/Jean Talked to the lady who has the Smyrna records.. She has updated records and will put them together and send to me. She is busy the next few days so if you don't mind waiting we won't have to log them. Meanwhile I have an old list of Smyrna and will be happy to look up a name for anyone. Can't list it since it isn't my work and I don't have permission. Kimberly

Cathy's wonderful note about the progress of the transcription of Greenwood Cemetery reminded me that I'd forgotten to tell you about the genealogy society meeting on Saturday. If you're in the Marshall area, please make an effort to come. The speaker will be Judge Ben Z. Grant, local historian, writer and raconteur. It's sure to be a wonderful program! The meeting is 1:30 pm, Saturday, June 13, at the Old Courthouse Museum. Also, it's time for membership renewal for the society. Dues are only $10, and if you do any research at all in Harrison County, that's a bargain! (It also makes the non-computer-Internet members of the society think more kindly towards us gen-netters.) For more information see http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharris/hcgensoc.htm Later, Gail

Gail, David & I are still "plugging away" on the Greenwood Cemetery, as time allows. I have about 500 hundred names entered in to my database thus far. (We hope to have it done before the turn of the century!!). You had told me earlier that Rusty plans to put names on internet in alphabetical order, but I am also compiling a listing by Block and Lot # for the museum. I think it will be beneficial to those who plan to visit the cemetery to have this listing on file just because the cemetery is so huge. With a layout of the plots and the names listed according to plot #, visitors can go right to the location of their ancestors' graves without having to search through the whole cemetery. The first time David & I went out there, we walked for almost an hour and didn't find the grave we were looking for. I am also re-doing the museum listing of "unmarked graves" in order of block & plot #. This makes it easier for me to incorporate them into my listing. I don't know whether any of this will be helpful or not with your article, but at any rate, I wanted to update you on our progress. I regret that, once again, I will not be able to attend the meeting this Saturday. We have a bed & breakfast rented at Caddo for some much-needed R&R. I am very sorry I will miss hearing Ben Z. Grant speak, as I very much enjoy reading his newspaper articles; but we've had these plans for a long time now. Hopefully, I will be able to make the July meeting. Good luck with your article. Cathy ---------- > From: Gail Brown <rexbrown@prysm.net> > To: TXHARRISON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Cemetery Article > Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 2:01 PM > > I've been asked to write a column for the Harrison Co. Genealogical > Society Newsletter, and thought I'd do the one on our online cemetery > listing project. I'll be working on it this afternoon - and maybe > tonight and maybe tomorrow morning - so please share your ideas, > opinions, suggestions with me. I'd like to include some feedback in > the article. > > Thanks, > > > Gail

Rusty/Jean I attended the Historical Marker dedication for Smyrna last year. I beleive they had an updated list for it. Will make some phone calls tonight and let you know.. Was told yesterday the State now requires a platt of the cemeteries so those without, may be making them. It may save us time (and work) if we contact the person in charge of the cemetery first. Which database are you using??? Format was a big question when I did Forrest Hill and Eagle Creek... Sue's lists looks great!! Kimberly At 11:52 AM 6/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >Jean - > >There sure is <g>! I will check with the museum and get a copy of whatever >listing they have for Symrna Cemetery. As soon as I get that, I will put it >in a 'standard' format and get that to you so that you can take it to the >cemetery, check and correct any errors in the existing list, and update it >with any new burials. > >I'll let you know as soon as I get the listing. Thank you very much for >volunteering! > >Rusty Cook > >On Sunday, June 07, 1998 9:28 PM, JCope8007@aol.com >[SMTP:JCope8007@aol.com] wrote: >> I am interested in seeing the Smyrna Cemetery in Harrison County

I know Austin Copeland is buried at Smyrna Cemetery but there is no marker, just a rock and I would like to be able to prove which rock he is under. Like most of my ancestors they all have hidden under rocks. Jean

I've been asked to write a column for the Harrison Co. Genealogical Society Newsletter, and thought I'd do the one on our online cemetery listing project. I'll be working on it this afternoon - and maybe tonight and maybe tomorrow morning - so please share your ideas, opinions, suggestions with me. I'd like to include some feedback in the article. Thanks, Gail

I think I shared with you the Texas State Library site for the Confederate Pension Records a few weeks ago, and I just discovered info about Texas County Tax Rolls http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/genfirst.htm It seems they are available from the organization date of the county through 1901. Loans are limited to five rolls per person. Requests should be made on an ALA Interlibrary Loan Form and must include county and years required. Loans are available from: Genealogy Collection Texas State Library Box 12927 Austin, TX 78711 The Lobby for the TSLAC is http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/index.html There's also a searchable index for Audited Republic Claims at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/rc/index.html If you have ancestors who were early settlers, you'll enjoy these sites! Gail

Jean - There sure is <g>! I will check with the museum and get a copy of whatever listing they have for Symrna Cemetery. As soon as I get that, I will put it in a 'standard' format and get that to you so that you can take it to the cemetery, check and correct any errors in the existing list, and update it with any new burials. I'll let you know as soon as I get the listing. Thank you very much for volunteering! Rusty Cook On Sunday, June 07, 1998 9:28 PM, JCope8007@aol.com [SMTP:JCope8007@aol.com] wrote: > I am interested in seeing the Smyrna Cemetery in Harrison County Genealogy web > pages. Is there a way I can gather the information and get it put on the web? > > I would like to do this if you could point me in the right direction to start. > > Jean Copeland >

Great news, Kimberley! Sounds like a lucky day for all! Gail Kimberly wrote: > > Hey Rusty & Gail, > Took a day off and went to Liberty Cemetery .. About 1/3 through, two > ladies (sisters) came up and introduced themselves... I told them what I > was doing.. You won't believe this... One had an updated list of Liberty > and the other had an updated list and history of County Line... invited me > to follow them home and gave me copies!!!!!! snip

Kimberly - Save yourself the trouble of typing them. Just make a photocopy and send it to me snail mail. I'll have it in a couple of days. They I will type it into the database, which I will have to do anyway. Then I'll get them get them to Gail and also provide a copy to the Museum. Make sure you get the ladies names so we can credit them! What a great stroke of luck! We should be so lucky every day <g>, and the whole project could be done by Christmas!!! All the best, Rusty On Monday, June 08, 1998 1:59 AM, Kimberly [SMTP:dudette@e-tex.com] wrote: > Hey Rusty & Gail, > Took a day off and went to Liberty Cemetery .. About 1/3 through, two > ladies (sisters) came up and introduced themselves... I told them what I > was doing.. You won't believe this... One had an updated list of Liberty > and the other had an updated list and history of County Line... invited me > to follow them home and gave me copies!!!!!! As soon as I find time to > type them, I'll get them to ya!!! You know my schedule!!!!! > The Carterville Cemetery.... There is a metal gate with a lock on it > (Private property). My Mom's cousin lives in the area, said it was a black > cemetery for members of the Church of Christ. She knew an elderly black man > who joined the church so he could be buried there. Will try to locate > owner of property for permission to log it. > Was a GREAT day with exception of 4 hours driving. > Kimberly > > > > > ==== TXHARRISON Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the mail digest by sending a message to > mailto:TXHARRISON-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. >

Hey Rusty & Gail, Took a day off and went to Liberty Cemetery .. About 1/3 through, two ladies (sisters) came up and introduced themselves... I told them what I was doing.. You won't believe this... One had an updated list of Liberty and the other had an updated list and history of County Line... invited me to follow them home and gave me copies!!!!!! As soon as I find time to type them, I'll get them to ya!!! You know my schedule!!!!! The Carterville Cemetery.... There is a metal gate with a lock on it (Private property). My Mom's cousin lives in the area, said it was a black cemetery for members of the Church of Christ. She knew an elderly black man who joined the church so he could be buried there. Will try to locate owner of property for permission to log it. Was a GREAT day with exception of 4 hours driving. Kimberly

I am interested in seeing the Smyrna Cemetery in Harrison County Genealogy web pages. Is there a way I can gather the information and get it put on the web? I would like to do this if you could point me in the right direction to start. Jean Copeland

If you live near enough to Harrison County to spend a few hours there, how about hugging a tombstone? I have Marshall City Cemetery all up and ready for a volunteer to check and update the museum's records. So, if you have found having records of various types available on the USGenWeb pages useful in your research and would like to contribute to the overall effort, why not volunteer to check and update one of the Harrison Co cemeteries. If you would rather work on a specific cemetery, please let me know and we will get whatever records the museum has for you. So, if you are looking for a healthy way to pass a few hours, give me a shout! Bruce C. Cook AKA "Rusty" Garrison Graphics - Scanning, binding and printing for genealogists bccook@nh.ultranet.com

On Sunday, May 31, 1998 7:35 PM, Clint Hart [SMTP:clinthart@worldnet.att.net] wrote: > At 03:56 PM 5/31/98 -0400, you wrote: > >If you are looking for a way to pass a weekend and would like to contribute ----------clip -------- > Hi Rusty: > > I'm willing to help out on this cemetery listing project. Let me know how > to get started. Clint - Great to see you back. Don't really think there is much you can do from there in Ohio. I'm keeping ahead of the typing part, and want to keep it all in the same database. What we really need are more people on the ground who can help Sue with checking the museum lists against the cemeteries as they are today. > Regarding your message of yesterday about the write-up on James W, McClaran > that you found on the Ancestry database. I had seen that too but hadn't > printed it out. I thought we might find more McClarans in those Tennessee > Volumes but didn't so far. I had hoped to find more also! I'm going to join Ancestry next week and so can explore more of their databases. Will forward whatever I find. > Regarding another of your messages of a few weeks ago. I have the latest > version of Family Tree Maker but I still like to use Family Origins as my > main program. I bought FTM 4.4 because it has some great print-outs, and also for access to some of their databases. IMHO, it is not nearly as good as a research program as either FO 6.0 or TMG. Has it's uses, but still a limited program as far as I am concerned. By the way - do you need any lookups in World Family Tree > vol. 1-12? I have all of them plus some census index and marriage CDs. Appreciate the offer, and will keep it in mind. At the moment, I don't. I've been so busy with the Harrison Co cemetery project, I really haven't done much on my own genealogy lately. I did down load a text file from the Carrie Camp Memorial Library website and have been inputting that data when I was too tired to work on the cemetery listings. > Sorry I've been a little slow and negligent in answering your messages. > No real excuses other than I've been spending a lot of my daytime hours > working in the yard and garden. Our strawberries started ripening a couple > of weeks earlier than normal so we've been picking them every day since > early last week. Have already put six quart-size containers of crushed > berries in the freezer for my coming years jam supply. I have the bad > habit or addiction of eating strawbery jam at breakfast every morning. > It's my substitute for craving coffee. <g> My problem is I like both strawberry jam and coffee <BG>! Can't blame you for spending the time outdoors when the weather is good! Helen and I got out and played tennis for about an hour this morning. When I have the choice of being outdoors on a nice day or doing genealogy, afraid the ancestors get put off until Autumn! Take care of yourself! All the best, Rusty >

At 03:56 PM 5/31/98 -0400, you wrote: >If you are looking for a way to pass a weekend and would like to contribute >to the Harrison Co. GenWeb page, we have a cemetery just waiting for >someone to check and update it. I have Marshall City Cemetery ready. It is >just waiting for someone to volunteer to go out and bring it up to date so >that it is ready to post to the GenWeb page. > >If you would be willing to undertake this project, please email me and I >will tell you how to download a listing of this cemetery. Or, if you have a >particular cemetery that you are interested in that is not already on the >Harrison Co webpage, let me know. We will try and get a copy of the listing >from the museum that you can check and update. Most of the lists in the >museum files are at least 10 years old, so we would like to get them >updated for everyone's benefit. > >Hug a tombstone today! > >Bruce C. Cook >AKA "Rusty" Hi Rusty: I'm willing to help out on this cemetery listing project. Let me know how to get started. Regarding your message of yesterday about the writeup on James W, McClaran that you found on the Ancestry database. I had seen that too but hadn't printed it out. I thought we might find more McClarans in those Tennessee Volumes but didn't so far. Regarding another of your messages of a few weeks ago. I have the latest version of Family Tree Maker but I still like to use Family Origins as my main program. By the way - do you need any lookups in World Family Tree vol. 1-12? I have all of them plus some census index and marriage CDs. Sorry I've been a little slow and negligent in answering your messages. No real excuses other than I've been spending a lot of my daytime hours working in the yard and garden. Our strawberrys started ripening a couple of weeks earlier than normal so we've been picking them every day since early last week. Have already put six quart-size containers of crushed berries in the freezer for my coming years jam supply. I have the bad habit or addiction of eating strawbery jam at breakfast every morning. It's my substitute for craving coffee. <g>