Research Tips
By Jeannette
Cemeteries
contain vital birth, death and marriage dates. Unfortunately, with the passing
of time, the old slate and granite tombstones become illegible. For one thing, slate does break and it is not
unusual for a stone to break off, fall to the ground, then get buried with dirt
and debris over time. Also, these stones get “put elsewhere”. By that I mean,
sometimes they are found in the surrounding woods, inside local barns, etc. To
read illegible stones, we can use tracing paper and chalk, or use our fingers
to trace indentions. A survey of the area should be made to search for sunken
graves, or old sites. Rocks, stones or bricks were frequently used to surround
the graves of children. There is one
thing that we know for certain: every grave does not have a tombstone. But that
does not mean that it did not once have some sort of a marker. Check for foot
markers. These are usually little cement or wooden markers which contains the
“initials” of the person buried there.
Compare these foot markers with actual standing tombstones, to help
identify other burials. Churchyards are an excellent place to search because
early pioneers were religious persons, and their social lives evolved around
their community. When you find the
Nathaniel Greene, War
Hero,
Revolutionary War
The
Greene family established itself in
.
New
Additions
Genealogies:
Coats
of Wilkes Co.
Cobb
of Wilkinson Co.
Cobbs
of Columbia Co.
Cocke
of Monroe Co.
Collins
of Paulding Co.,
Comer
of VA & Jones Co.,
Conner
of VA & Bibb Co.,
Cook
of Clarke Co.,
Cook
of Wilkinson Co.,
Cooper
of Columbia Co.,
Cooper
of Paulding Co.
Cotton
of Monroe Co.
Crawford
of VA & Columbia/Richmond Co.s
Crump
of Richmond Co.,
Cumming
of Richmond Co.,
Curls
of Montgomery Co.,
Danielly
of Hancock Co.
Darsey
of Liberty Co.
Dean
of
Delk
of Liberty Co.
Dent
of Columbia Co.
Dent
of Bibb Co.
Dingley
of
Dorsett
of Columbia Co.
Dowdy
of Dodge Co.
Dozier
of Columbia Co.
Drane
of Columbia Co.
Drawhorn
of Jones Co.
Dubose
of
Dukes
of Tattnall Co.
Durden
of Washington Co.
Easly
of Walton Co.,
Eason
of Fayette Co.,
Eberhart
of Madison Co.,
Edge
of Wilkes Co.
Edwards
of Effingham Co.
Elkins
of Effingham Co.,
Elsberry
of Paulding
Emerson
of Jones Co.
English
of Monroe Co.,
Epps
of Greene Co.,
Etheridge
of Monroe Co.
Eve
of Richmond Co.,
Fambrough
of Greene Co.
Few
of Richmond Co.
Finney
of Jones Co.
Fraser
of Liberty Co.
Funderburk
of Floyd Co.
Gafford
of Wilkes Co.
Garrard
of Purnam Co.
Gibbons
of Liberty Co.
Gilbert
of Bibb Co.
Gilmer
of Oglethorpe Co.
Gober
of
Godfrey
of South Carolina & Rabun Co.,
Goggans
of Monroe Co.
Golden
of
Goldsmith
of DeKalb Co.
Goodall
of Bibb Co.
Gray
of
Greer
of Greene Co.
Gruber
of Effingham Co.
Gunnells
of
Hagin
of Greene Co.
Hanson
of Monroe Co.,
Harget
of
Harmon
of Monroe Co.
Harper
of
Harper
of Wilkes Co.
Harris
of Frederica
Harris
of Twiggs Co.
Hatchett
of
Hawkins
of Jones Co.
Haygood
of Monroe Co.
Heard
of
Hiers
of
Hill
of Atlanta
Hill
of Fulton Co.
Holleman
of Bibb Co.
Holliday
of Putnam Co.
Holt
of Putnam Co.
Huguley
of Monroe Co.
Human
of Maryland, Craven Co., NC & Madison Co.
Humphreys
of Clarke Co.
Ingram
of Baldwin Co.,
Irby
of Greene Co.,
Irwin
of Burke Co.
Jarrard
of Habersham, Lumpkin & White Counties
Jay
of Lumpkin Co.
Jeffers
of Paulding Co.
Jemison
of Bibb Co.
Johnson
of Newton Co.
Jones
of Fayette Co.
Jones
of Elbert Co.
Jones
of
Justice
of Jones Co.
Kennedy
of Tattnall Co.
Key
of Banks Co.
Kibbee
of Bibb Co.
Kimbrough
of Greene Co.
Kontz
of Fulton Co.
Lanier
of Bibb Co.
Lastinger
of Bulloch Co.
Lester
of
Letson
of Butts Co.
Leverett
of Wilkes Co.
Lewis
of
Lightfoot
of
Lindsey
of Greene Co.
Long
of
Loveless
of
Lowe
of Jones Co.,
Lowe
of Harris Co.
Lynch
of Jasper Co.,
Mabry
of Monroe Co.
Maddox
of Fulton Co.,
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