What? You did not know that was the actual title of Alice in Wonderland? Well, there. You've learned something today.
Anyhoo, someone on the social medias (as the young people say these days) inquired about a forgotten cemetery out where Ol' Br'er was birthed. Oddly enough, it does not appear in Find A Grave. At least not on the map for the area. Now, this could be because the cemetery does not have GPS coordinates recorded. Without those, it will not appear on the map. No names for graves were supplied, so no one could search for it based on that information.
The usual suspects crawled out from under their respective rocks, holes, and hollow logs. The hunt was on!
Ol' Br'er flexed his online research muscles. In a mere matter of minutes, with a basic search of property tax records, he confirmed there is, in fact, a cemetery at the site. Sadly, little else could be gleaned from the cyber world.
As it turned out, the only other possible reference Ol' Br'er could find was a book of cemeteries and graves published more than two decades ago by the local historical society. One hitch. Very few libraries have a copy of it. And it is so far out of print that the society no longer offers it for sale! Fortunately, a copy is available at a university near Ol' Br'er's home warren. A field trip is clearly in order.
Oy!
While Ol' Br'er was scratching and hunting, others were engaged in groundwork. One particular individual who lives in the area set out for a site visit. And he came out of the brush and bramble (Literally! Check the pics!) with photos of graves! Woot!
So! Now we have multiple references, all converging on the same target. The cemetery is recorded in the published book, but neither it nor the graves are recorded in Find A Grave.
Yes. That was remedied forthwith!
Good deed for the year accomplished.
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