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Cave Springs Retreat
October 24, 25, & 26, 2003

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2005 Retreat

Sue Tolbert  
President of Muskogee County Genealogical Society
Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Autobiography 

Having been serious about genealogy since I was a teenager, it was only natural that I would wind up studying cemeteries since they are such a great source of information. When my kids were small they thought that a cemetery was a place to have picnics! About three years ago I began working as a volunteer at the Muskogee Public Library. Seeing that there was not a good source of cemetery information available for the county researchers, I began collecting and compiling information. Many cemetery trips later, mapping, surveying, photographing and documenting 153 cemeteries in Muskogee County, I am still in the "collection and compilation" process (like genealogy...it will never be "done"!). Believing that the internet was a good way to reach out and help a lot of people, I tried something else new to me and learned how to create web pages. I've established my own websites and work with others as co-webmaster to help get free information online.

Although I'd never taught genealogy other that one on one and in small groups, I decided that if you really love what you are doing, know your subject and love to talk (and I do!) then others will be interested in what you have to say. I have enjoyed teaching workshops, giving presentations to genealogical societies and helping researchers learn about resources through my volunteer work and as a part time library employee in the Grant Foreman Room at the Muskogee Public Library.

Presently, I am a member of the National Genealogical Society, Oklahoma Genealogical Society, and President of the Muskogee County Genealogical Society and working to become a Board Certified Genealogist.

Web Information

Email address 
tolbert6@cox.net 

Muskogee County Genealogy and History 
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/muskogee

Saving Graves-Muskogee County 
http:///www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/muskogee1 

Shelby County Illinois-US GenWeb 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilshelb2/shelby.htm 

Oklahoma US GenWeb Archives: 
Muskogee County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/muskogee/muskogee.htm

Sequoyah County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/sequoyah/sequoyah.html 

Okmulgee County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okmulgee/okmulgee.html

Oklahoma Lawmen and Outlaws 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklawmen/lawmen.htm 

Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Page 
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/topic/veterans/  

Muskogee County Genealogical Society
http://rootsweb.com/~okmuscgs/index.htm

Session Information: Cemeteries & Digital Photography

Cemeteries and Their Bones

• Using death records to find an ancestor's grave

• How to locate cemeteries

• Cemetery history

• Cemetery symbolism

• Types of grave markers

• Analyzing grave markers

• Creating a rubbing

• Grave marker photography

• Cemetery preservation and restoration

• Conducting cemetery surveys

• Taking a cemetery trip

 Instruction in source citation is included throughout the presentation.

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Digital Photography

More information to come.

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