Yes, it is an excellent tool to use and also some Shelby Co Tx cemeteries are now online in case some didn't know. I would like to know if anyone has considered extracting vitals from the city and county courthouse? -----Original Message----- From: Doyle T. Brittain <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 3:22 PM Subject: Re: Cemetery Records >J.B. Sanders did comprehensive research on those buried in Shelby County, >and wrote a book entitled "Our Dead" which lists all of the dead that he >could identify thru funeral home records, cemetery records, tombstones, >etc. It includes unmarked graves where some record existed. It is an >excellent source of information for those doing research in Shelby >County. The book is no longer in print but is still available in some >libraries in some counties in east Texas. > >J.B. Sanders also wrote two books on marriages in Shelby County, one >indexed according to grooms and the other indexed according to brides. >They are excellent resources also. > >Doyle T. Brittain > > >