Quotable...

"If you are walking in Charleston, you are walking on someone's grave."--Sue Bennett, Charleston tour guide

Monday, October 21, 2019

Tillie and Joseph Ostrie

Hello! My name is Eden Kirn. I have chosen to do my project on my great grandparents. Click here to see more!

My Great Grandmother

Click on this link to learn about my Great Grandmother and her life!

Maddie's Great-Great Grandfather

Hey this is Maddie Robertson. I researched my great-great grandfather, Curtis Othaniel Groom Sr.

I really enjoyed talking to my grandmother to get some more information on my grandfather.

Click here to read more about my great-great grandfather!

Kelly Newman Research on Great Grandfather

I researched Anthony Francis Brongo. Click here to see my post!

My Great Grandfather

I enjoyed doing research on my great grandfather James Buchan! Click here to read about him!

The Greatest Great Grandfather

I really enjoyed talking about the life of my great father with my grandma! Click here to read about it!

My great grandmother!

This is Stephanie and I have done some research on my Great grandmother Earline Brown Hudson. Click here to read about it!

Gee's Great Grandparents

Hello, I've been doing a little research about my great grandparents. Here, you can find out more about this!

My Great Grandfather.

Click the link to see a background on my grandfather.

Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather Henry B. Nave

I had a great time talking to my grandfather on my dad's side of the family about my great great great great great grandfather! Here's the link to learn more about him: click here.

Eden Kirn- Tillie and Joseph Ostrie

 Hey my name is Eden Kirn and I did some research on a distant relative of mine, click here to check it out.

My Great Grandma Cele

I found out some awesome stories about my great grandmother Cele from her daughters, Click here to read about it.

Great Grandpa

Super cool presentation, high quality content posted by the one and only Jeffrey Jones. Click this link to be mesmerized.

My great great great grandfather and his impact


My name is Maggie Crenshaw and I researched my great, great, great grandfather. Check out my blog post on him


My Great Grandmother!

I had a great time talking to my nanny about my great grandmother! You can check it out here!

Storytime: Gen 6

Hey this is Hannah Lees. I did some research on a distant relative of mine. Click here to check it out.

Exploring the Life of My 5th Great Grandfather

Hi, my name is Grace McCabe.

I did some research on one of my ancestors, check out my blog post here.

Learning About My Great Grandfather

Hey guys, I'm Savannah!
Check out my blog post about my great grandfather! Click here to read more about him!

Friday, October 18, 2019

10 Parks That Changed America (PBS Program)

This video will help understand the development of so-called "rural" cemeteries in America. The first one was Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Mass. near Boston.  PBS included Mount Auburn (10:58 in) on its list of "10 Parks That Changed America" that first aired in 2016.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery- photo courtesy Popular Science Oct. 23, 2018


The influential U.S. park Top Ten list is as follows: 
  • Square of Savannah – Savannah, GA
  • Fairmount Park – Philadelphia, PA
  • Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, MA
  • Central Park – New York, NY  
  • Chicago’s Neighborhood Parks – Chicago, IL
  • San Antonio River Walk – San Antonio, TX
  • Overton Park – Memphis, TN
  • Freeway Park – Seattle, WA
  • Gas Works Park – Seattle, WA 
  • High Line – New York, NY

Charleston and Magnolia Cemetery's Confederacy Legacy (Prezi)

We will go through this presentation in advance of our visit to Magnolia Cemetery.



Speaking of Magnolia Cemetery....a few years ago I produced this video that highlights my favorite Magnolia Cemetery grave marker and monuments.

Magnolia Cemetery Maps