The Hopkinsville Christian County Public Library Genealogy Department has announced its fall genealogy program: “Bring out the dead.”
It will be held in the library’s Community Room this Thursday from 5 until 6 p.m. and it’s free with no pre-registration required.
“Bring out the dead” will feature highlights of gravestone architecture as well as a guided tour of cemeteries and their complex history through photographs.
Many cemeteries had been abandoned and long-forgotten when local societies and citizens began their research, including house-to-house inquiries about old, vaguely-remembered plots, and traipsing through the woods to find them.
Cemeteries were located under parking lots, in rivers, and several had been flooded by reservoirs.
Genealogist Becky Quinten noted “Discovering your family’s cemeteries or grave sites unites the present with the past in a tangible way when you have the opportunity to learn more about the importance of cemeteries in genealogy research.”