-----Original Message----- From: shapiro [mailto:shapiro@stic.net] Sent: 15 October, 2000 05:40 PM To: coffey@viptx.net Subject: Re: French cemetary at Fort St. Louis My understanding is that they already think they know where the cemetery is - a sandy hill. It was close to the town and easy to dig in - considering the health of the people. The landowners have given permission to explore a larger area which includes the sandy hill. Janet in San Antonio ----- Original Message ----- From: Billye D. Jackson <coffey@viptx.net> To: <TXVICTOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 2:15 PM Subject: FW: French cemetary at Fort St. Louis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deneise Slaydon [mailto:dslaydon@hal-pc.org] > Sent: 15 October, 2000 09:12 AM > To: coffey@viptx.net > Subject: French cemetary at Fort St. Louis > > > Billye, > Could you e-mail this to the genealogists? I know it's not exactly a > genealogy question. However, it would be very helpful for the history of > the area. > > As some of you might know, there has been an archaeological dig at the > Keeran Ranch for evidence of Fort St. Louis. They are now looking for the > cemetary where some of the French were buried. They have very limited time > to find it. (About a week is my understanding.) Do you know of anyone that > grew up in the area that could have heard about a French cemetary or even a > Spanish cemetary around the Ft. Louis site? I asked my mother and father, > and they had never heard of such as cemetary. If so please contact me at my > e-mail address as soon as possible, and I will get the word to some > archaelologists that I know who are connected to the dig. > Thanks, > Deneise Slaydon > dslaydon@hal-pc.org > > > ==== TXVICTOR Mailing List ==== > Welcome to Victoria, Texas > To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: > TXVICTOR-L-request@rootsweb.com (single email messages) > TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest of a number of email messages in one packet) > In the body include only one word: subscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: > TXVICTOR-L-request@rootsweb.com > (or to TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com) > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > To post messages to everyone on the list, send normal email to: > TXVICTOR-L@rootsweb.com > To contact listowner, messages to: > TXVICTOR-L-listowner@request@rootsweb.com > Listowner, Victoria County Genealogical Society > Listmanager, member Billye D. Jackson >