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From: Henry F. Brownlee< >
Subject: Re: Found what grave initials mean
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 04:42:30 GMT


On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 12:41:36 -0700, "Bertrand K. Macpherson"
<> wrote:

>
>Hello members of alt.genealogy newsgroup. Some time ago, I posted on here
>asking for help on initials on gravestones in a cemetery in Louisiana. I
>want to report that I figured those initials out. I visited the cemetery and
>my observations "unlocked the mystery" of the initials. I still don't know
>why the intials were used in the first place, but now I know what their
>names were. I have asked the local historical society to revise their
>records, because those who recorded the cemetery made a mistake. It was kind
>of like finding the identities of mummies in an Egyptian tomb!

So, enlighten us, pray do!

Henry F. Brownlee
Everyone keeps telling me I had ancestors;
I wish I could find out exactly who they were!

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