Tag Archives: Evergreen Cemetery
Treasure Chest Thursday: The Trip of a Lifetime
We found so much new information, and made so many happy memories, but here are five treasures from our dig that immediately come to mind: 5. Standing in front of the stained glass windows dedicated to my great, great-grandfather, Col. W.R. … Continue reading
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Tombstone Tuesday: Great, Great-Grandma’s Gussied Up Grave
While on our research trip last week to the Mississippi Gulf, my cousin Monique and I paid our respects to our ancestors’ graves, including great, great-grandma Tempy Burton’s located at the Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. We were overcome … Continue reading
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Monday Madness: The lost and found Ancestor
As happy as I am that I finally have some concrete information about what happened to my great-grandmother, Josephine Burton Ford, the documents that laid the mystery to rest have also raised more questions. I did a happy dance when … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: My Great, Great-Grandmother's Grave is Found!
Appropriate that it is Wordless Wednesday in the genealogy blogosphere because I am speechless over the pictured tombstone. I didn’t know a tombstone for Tempe Burton, my great, great-grandmother even existed until my cousin, Monique Smith Anderson forwarded this picture … Continue reading
No Place Like Home
My first cousin recently moved a stone’s throw from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, pictured above. As I plan a visit to see her as well as our ancestral home, it made me think how so many of us in my family … Continue reading
