tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post3106849915155501410..comments2023-09-30T15:24:11.002-06:00Comments on Lineagekeeper's Genealogy Blog: Cemetery Tours – The Stops Are Worth ItLee Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-60028224391924413042010-08-02T17:44:24.241-06:002010-08-02T17:44:24.241-06:00Get them to help you take a few photos of tombston...Get them to help you take a few photos of tombstones by asking the young folks and guys to "help you" get the lighting right.. <br /><br />Let the young folks post the photos on Find-a-grave to Pay-It-Forward and you'll soon have a band of 'cemetery touring' converts to travel with. <br /><br />I take our grandchildren along now and let them discover and then tell me the stories of the families buried in the cemetery we are visiting. <br /><br />Since starting that activity, they now urge me to make the trips with them along as hitch hikers without any instigation on my part. <br /><br />It is great seeing them take an interest in history and genealogy while in their youth.Lee Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887845471606058415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632952351438454750.post-88079932949891583302010-08-02T06:42:06.122-06:002010-08-02T06:42:06.122-06:00I entirely agree about cemeteries being the landma...I entirely agree about cemeteries being the landmarks on a journey. We recently made a trip through the lovely Pennsylvania countryside that we hadn't made for several years and I found myself anticipating the roadside cemeteries well before they were in sight. Now to convince the family to pull over and wander.....Katharine Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392487226330656489noreply@blogger.com