Georganne needs your help Rena ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georganne Ross" <georganne.ross@earthlink.net> To: <doreatr@rbnet.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: Floyd County Genealogy -- Charlie Reed Cemetery > Hello Rena! I hope I'm reaching the right person! > > My name is Georganne Ross, and I live near Tim Redford on Reed Cemetery > Road in Floyd. I've been here for a few years now, and have fallen in > love with Alum Ridge. I have taken an interest in the old cemetery for > which our road is named; it's a lovely spot up there, behind my house. > It's a shame that the cemetery is no longer maintained however; it is > covered in weeds and groundhog holes. There is even a tree that has > fallen over the fence recently. > > After taking a look at the gravestones there, I was doing some Floyd > County genealogy research online, and found your email on Rootsweb, on > the Floyd County Mailing List Website > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/). I'm not related to > anyone directly there, although I grew up in Franklin County, so I'm > sure there is some distant relation somehow. Isn't everyone with old > family here tenth cousins or something? :) > > Anyway, I've decided to try to clean up the poor place, as a community > project, and wondered if you knew of any remaining Reeds or Weeks family > members who may want to know about it or even become involved. If not, > do you happen to know of anyone in the Alum Ridge area who would be > interested in the area's geneology, or cemetery history? I just would > like to let someone know that I've taken an interest, and maybe even > find out a little more about the folks who were buried there, and so > on. I will let the Mitchell's know, who own the large field on the way > to the spot. > > I went up there with a sickle today and started cutting down weeds, and > boy, are my arms going to be sore! I think I'll take a machete > tomorrow, less work! I just decided I need the exercise, and the place > needs an upgrade. It really is such a lovely view from there, it would > be nice to see the place in better shape. So I'm taking it on! > > Thanks for your time, and I appreciate any leads or info you may have > for me. I'll be checking with Tim later in the week as well. > > Sincerely, Georganne Ross 540-588-5338 > > > > > >

Since we're still in Florida, I'm too far away to help this time...but count me in for things like this when we get moved up to Hillsville! I think this is a wonderful thing to do! Kat On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> wrote: > Georganne needs your help > Rena > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Georganne Ross" <georganne.ross@earthlink.net> > To: <doreatr@rbnet.com> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:00 PM > Subject: Floyd County Genealogy -- Charlie Reed Cemetery > > > > Hello Rena! I hope I'm reaching the right person! > > > > My name is Georganne Ross, and I live near Tim Redford on Reed Cemetery > > Road in Floyd. I've been here for a few years now, and have fallen in > > love with Alum Ridge. I have taken an interest in the old cemetery for > > which our road is named; it's a lovely spot up there, behind my house. > > It's a shame that the cemetery is no longer maintained however; it is > > covered in weeds and groundhog holes. There is even a tree that has > > fallen over the fence recently. > > > > After taking a look at the gravestones there, I was doing some Floyd > > County genealogy research online, and found your email on Rootsweb, on > > the Floyd County Mailing List Website > > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/). I'm not related to > > anyone directly there, although I grew up in Franklin County, so I'm > > sure there is some distant relation somehow. Isn't everyone with old > > family here tenth cousins or something? :) > > > > Anyway, I've decided to try to clean up the poor place, as a community > > project, and wondered if you knew of any remaining Reeds or Weeks family > > members who may want to know about it or even become involved. If not, > > do you happen to know of anyone in the Alum Ridge area who would be > > interested in the area's geneology, or cemetery history? I just would > > like to let someone know that I've taken an interest, and maybe even > > find out a little more about the folks who were buried there, and so > > on. I will let the Mitchell's know, who own the large field on the way > > to the spot. > > > > I went up there with a sickle today and started cutting down weeds, and > > boy, are my arms going to be sore! I think I'll take a machete > > tomorrow, less work! I just decided I need the exercise, and the place > > needs an upgrade. It really is such a lovely view from there, it would > > be nice to see the place in better shape. So I'm taking it on! > > > > Thanks for your time, and I appreciate any leads or info you may have > > for me. I'll be checking with Tim later in the week as well. > > > > Sincerely, Georganne Ross 540-588-5338 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >