Today was Fentress County, Tennessee genealogy research day. I had three cemeteries to find, and a library to visit that was reputed to have excellent Fentress County genealogy information.
I found only one cemetery. The one with only one ancestor in it. She must not have liked the place, because she was not there. Maybe she picked up her headstone and moved to somewhere more to her satisfaction.
The library did indeed have lots of information, and I spent two hours copying names, dates, offspring and random facts into my genealogy program.
Upon returning to camp I did a more extensive search to find the two missing cemeteries. I tried every keyword combination I could think of and at last got information on one of the graveyards. Even got turn-by-turn directions. So tomorrow, first thing, before setting out on the next leg of the journey, a trip to Bowden Cemetery is planned. This is the cemetery with the most ancestors in residence, too!
You win some and you lose some. I'm too ADHD to properly organize for the research you are doing. Nevertheless I head out in the general direction and it's amazing what I have found.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on tomorrow.