Mike, I'd be interested in the maps too. Joe Marrs Mendota Homestead 13 Bulrush Avenue Downham Market, Norfolk England PE38 9HE Tel: 01144 1366 38 3018 Researching the families of: Barker, Bowling, Brooks, Chiles, Dorton, Fleenor, Gaddy, Garrison, Gobble, Horn, Hortenstine, Jett, Kaylor, Livingston, Marrs, Maxwell, Munday, Osborn, Smith, Snider, Sproles, Statzer, Stickley, Weatherly. ----- Original Message ----- From: <varussel-request@rootsweb.com> To: <varussel@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:02 AM Subject: VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 248 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 247 (Deborah Honaker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:39:37 -0400 (EDT) > From: Deborah Honaker <djh235@peoplepc.com> > Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 247 > To: varussel@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <25339388.1252773578121.JavaMail.root@mswamui-valley.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Mike > > I would be very interested in these maps to show me where they are and who > is buried in there. My husband and I have been going to cemeteries to > locate family we take pictures of the stones and then document them. This > is for our genealogy group as well as documentation on our families. Any > that you would have I would like. Maybe if you want to put them on dvd/cd > I would be interested in buying one. > > Debbie > > -----Original Message----- >>From: varussel-request@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Sep 12, 2009 3:02 AM >>To: varussel@rootsweb.com >>Subject: VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 247 >> >> >> >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Topographic Cemetery Maps (Michael Dye) >> 2. Re: Topographic Cemetery Maps (Judy) >> 3. Re: Topographic Cemetery Maps (Sharon Vaughn) >> 4. AUTO: Lee Gay/Houston/IBM is out of the office until >> 01/30/2001. (returning 09/21/2009) (Lee Gay) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:41:04 -0400 >>From: "Michael Dye" <madye@roadrunner.com> >>Subject: [VARUSSEL] Topographic Cemetery Maps >>To: <varussel@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <33372C82C3944CA3BE011457C7DCCA76@TOSHIBA> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Everyone, >> >>I was wondering if there might be an interest in this. I've been working >>on pinpointing cemeteries on the USGS Quad topographic maps. Initially I >>started doing this so I could see which cemeteries I'd been at and which >>ones I still needed to go to, but then I thought that others might have an >>interest in these maps for their own research. >> >>I've loaded up the Big A Mountain quad for everyone to look at and see >>what you think. It's in pdf form. The link to download the map is: >> >>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/Big_A_Mountain.pdf >> >>To be able to use all the features, you may also need the TerraGo Toolbar. >>This is a neat toolbar used by Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat Reader. It >>allows you to view the longitude and latitude coordinates on the map a >>well as allowing you to measure distances and areas and has a few other >>features. If you want to download that here's the link to it: >> >>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/TerraGo_Toolbar.exe >> >>Now, as a key to the map. I've placed several different color notes at >>cemetery locations. The yellow notes indicate cemeteries that I've either >>personally been to or have the info about whose buried there. The red >>notes indicate cemeteries that I don't yet have info on and still need to >>visit. The blue notes are cemeteries that I think I have the info on but >>I need to revisit to confirm the name of the cemetery. Actually, two of >>the red note cemeteries, the Honaker-Wilson & Ira Ray cemeteries in the >>bottom part of the map, I've been to, but must have misplaced the data and >>am still trying to locate it. >> >>You can see the name of each cemetery by just moving your mouse pointer >>over the note for each one. Another neat little feature that I can do is >>to include the people buried in the cemeteries within the notes. Check >>out the Moses Harris and Jackson Cemeteries in the bottom right corner of >>the map (just move you over the notes and then double click the note to >>see all the data.) I've been thinking about re-doing the cemetery books >>the Taylors did years ago and finishing the series (they stopped with many >>cemeteries not yet charted). Now I'm trying to decide whether to put them >>out in book form by USGS Quad with an included CD showing their locations >>or to include to persons buried in each cemetery directly on CDs. I like >>the idea of being able to view them directly on CDs, but think putting it >>in book form would be more practical. >> >>By the way, we went down to Russell Co. this past week and I went >>trampsing around the mountains in the Lynn Spring and Hollow Poplar Ridge >>areas placing a few of the cemeteries I already had as well as locating a >>few new ones I previously was unaware of, including ones where Confederate >>soldiers John G. Hurt & Jerome Bonaparte Whited are buried. My next toy's >>going to be a handheld gps device with topographic maps installed :) >> >>Mike >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:45:56 -0400 >>From: "Judy" <Judyvonne@jetbroadband.com> >>Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Topographic Cemetery Maps >>To: <varussel@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <2FC719F861F7463FA5AFF0BE6E1B4075@Michelle> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>Personally I would like to see the cemeteries added to the Russell Co. >>site >>as in the past. I am not very good with maps and find it easy to check >>the >>cemeteries that are listed there. Also a lot of people only go to the >>Russell Co. site to look at information and wouldn't know about these >>maps. >>It would be nice if all cemetery information were available for them to >>see. >>Some of these people live a great distance from Russell Co. and aren't >>able >>to come and look at the cemeteries. >>Judy >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Michael Dye" <madye@roadrunner.com> >>To: <varussel@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:41 PM >>Subject: [VARUSSEL] Topographic Cemetery Maps >> >> >>> Everyone, >>> >>> I was wondering if there might be an interest in this. I've been >>> working >>> on pinpointing cemeteries on the USGS Quad topographic maps. Initially >>> I >>> started doing this so I could see which cemeteries I'd been at and which >>> ones I still needed to go to, but then I thought that others might have >>> an >>> interest in these maps for their own research. >>> >>> I've loaded up the Big A Mountain quad for everyone to look at and see >>> what you think. It's in pdf form. The link to download the map is: >>> >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/Big_A_Mountain.pdf >>> >>> To be able to use all the features, you may also need the TerraGo >>> Toolbar. >>> This is a neat toolbar used by Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat Reader. It >>> allows you to view the longitude and latitude coordinates on the map a >>> well as allowing you to measure distances and areas and has a few other >>> features. If you want to download that here's the link to it: >>> >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/TerraGo_Toolbar.exe >>> >>> Now, as a key to the map. I've placed several different color notes at >>> cemetery locations. The yellow notes indicate cemeteries that I've >>> either >>> personally been to or have the info about whose buried there. The red >>> notes indicate cemeteries that I don't yet have info on and still need >>> to >>> visit. The blue notes are cemeteries that I think I have the info on >>> but >>> I need to revisit to confirm the name of the cemetery. Actually, two of >>> the red note cemeteries, the Honaker-Wilson & Ira Ray cemeteries in the >>> bottom part of the map, I've been to, but must have misplaced the data >>> and >>> am still trying to locate it. >>> >>> You can see the name of each cemetery by just moving your mouse pointer >>> over the note for each one. Another neat little feature that I can do >>> is >>> to include the people buried in the cemeteries within the notes. Check >>> out the Moses Harris and Jackson Cemeteries in the bottom right corner >>> of >>> the map (just move you over the notes and then double click the note to >>> see all the data.) I've been thinking about re-doing the cemetery books >>> the Taylors did years ago and finishing the series (they stopped with >>> many >>> cemeteries not yet charted). Now I'm trying to decide whether to put >>> them >>> out in book form by USGS Quad with an included CD showing their >>> locations >>> or to include to persons buried in each cemetery directly on CDs. I >>> like >>> the idea of being able to view them directly on CDs, but think putting >>> it >>> in book form would be more practical. >>> >>> By the way, we went down to Russell Co. this past week and I went >>> trampsing around the mountains in the Lynn Spring and Hollow Poplar >>> Ridge >>> areas placing a few of the cemeteries I already had as well as locating >>> a >>> few new ones I previously was unaware of, including ones where >>> Confederate >>> soldiers John G. Hurt & Jerome Bonaparte Whited are buried. My next >>> toy's >>> going to be a handheld gps device with topographic maps installed :) >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VARUSSEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 3 >>Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:23:19 -0700 >>From: "Sharon Vaughn" <sharonvaughn21@msn.com> >>Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Topographic Cemetery Maps >>To: <varussel@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <BAY110-DS26D0CCCB5192846146799CCE60@phx.gbl> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Michael >> >>I love the map would love one like that for Tazewell county plus few other >>counties in VA. What do I need to do get one? >> >>I do have a question about cemeteries I can't remember where I found this >>but maybe someone will know. I was in Tazewell VA in August to do some >>research on my Lockhart family. I know that the family had attended >>Liberty Hill Church from 1884 to 1890 that was in D. H. Carr journal. I >>saw a picture of the church and there was a cemetery by the church up on a >>Hill. I had someone take us out to the church on US 91 (which only three >>stones are left next to it a trailer) and up on the hill is a cemetery >>with a stone wall around it and a big tree couldn't get up to the >>cemetery to see what was there it was on someone property. Would you have >>any information on this cemetery? >> >> >> >> >>Sharon Vaughn<br> >>2939 Rockcreek Ct <br> >>Richland WA 99354<br> >> 509-375-4732 <br> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Michael Dye<mailto:madye@roadrunner.com> >> To: varussel@rootsweb.com<mailto:varussel@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:41 PM >> Subject: [VARUSSEL] Topographic Cemetery Maps >> >> >> Everyone, >> >> I was wondering if there might be an interest in this. I've been >> working on pinpointing cemeteries on the USGS Quad topographic maps. >> Initially I started doing this so I could see which cemeteries I'd been >> at and which ones I still needed to go to, but then I thought that others >> might have an interest in these maps for their own research. >> >> I've loaded up the Big A Mountain quad for everyone to look at and see >> what you think. It's in pdf form. The link to download the map is: >> >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/Big_A_Mountain.pdf<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/Big_A_Mountain.pdf> >> >> To be able to use all the features, you may also need the TerraGo >> Toolbar. This is a neat toolbar used by Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat >> Reader. It allows you to view the longitude and latitude coordinates on >> the map a well as allowing you to measure distances and areas and has a >> few other features. If you want to download that here's the link to it: >> >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/TerraGo_Toolbar.exe<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/cemeteries/TerraGo_Toolbar.exe> >> >> Now, as a key to the map. I've placed several different color notes at >> cemetery locations. The yellow notes indicate cemeteries that I've >> either personally been to or have the info about whose buried there. The >> red notes indicate cemeteries that I don't yet have info on and still >> need to visit. The blue notes are cemeteries that I think I have the >> info on but I need to revisit to confirm the name of the cemetery. >> Actually, two of the red note cemeteries, the Honaker-Wilson & Ira Ray >> cemeteries in the bottom part of the map, I've been to, but must have >> misplaced the data and am still trying to locate it. >> >> You can see the name of each cemetery by just moving your mouse pointer >> over the note for each one. Another neat little feature that I can do is >> to include the people buried in the cemeteries within the notes. Check >> out the Moses Harris and Jackson Cemeteries in the bottom right corner of >> the map (just move you over the notes and then double click the note to >> see all the data.) I've been thinking about re-doing the cemetery books >> the Taylors did years ago and finishing the series (they stopped with >> many cemeteries not yet charted). Now I'm trying to decide whether to >> put them out in book form by USGS Quad with an included CD showing their >> locations or to include to persons buried in each cemetery directly on >> CDs. I like the idea of being able to view them directly on CDs, but >> think putting it in book form would be more practical. >> >> By the way, we went down to Russell Co. this past week and I went >> trampsing around the mountains in the Lynn Spring and Hollow Poplar Ridge >> areas placing a few of the cemeteries I already had as well as locating a >> few new ones I previously was unaware of, including ones where >> Confederate soldiers John G. Hurt & Jerome Bonaparte Whited are buried. >> My next toy's going to be a handheld gps device with topographic maps >> installed :) >> >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VARUSSEL-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:VARUSSEL-request@rootsweb.com> with >> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 4 >>Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:05:18 -0600 >>From: Lee Gay <leegay@us.ibm.com> >>Subject: [VARUSSEL] AUTO: Lee Gay/Houston/IBM is out of the office >> until 01/30/2001. (returning 09/21/2009) >>To: varussel@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: >> <OF2008AC98.4D2021E6-ON8725762F.000B78D9-8725762F.000B78D9@us.ibm.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> >> >> >>I am out of the office until 09/21/2009. >> >>I am on vacation and will have limited access to emails but will respond >>as >>soon as possible to your mail. 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