In developing this new virtual voting booth the GenExchange seeks the advice of the very people who frequent it day after day. The Virtual Voting Booth is yet another tool the GenExchange is bringing to online genealogists and will be available to all GenExchange Partners, as well as other online genealogy sites for informal polls or elections. In cemeteries across the United States there exist untold and forgotten stories about the occupants. To bring some of these stories back to life, the Cemetery Junction web site is pleased to announce the launch of a new monthly feature entitled The Cemetery Trail . Joining the Cemetery Junction team with writing responsibilities for the initial series is Eric Miller, an accomplished writer focusing on urban issues whose work has appeared in San Francisco Downtown, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and other publications.
Cemeteries are cities of the dead.
Some of the stories are easy to uncover while others take a bit of investigation. Some make well-known stories more vivid and others reveal unknown, but fascinating tales about ordinary, and even forgotten individuals and events. The first visit along The Cemetery Trail brings us to a small town in Washington County, Pennsylvania and tells the story of a local man once thought to be the real creator of the Book of Mormon. The stories he will be bringing to this feature add a whole new dimension to the challenging research that genealogists endure. Many of us drive by cemeteries and monuments on our daily journeys without knowing the stories behind them.