Hi - Do you know when the report for the work at the Freedman's cemetery
will be available and who to contact to get a copy? I use to work in that
area doing historical archaeology and would be extremely interested in
seeing the report. I saw the cemetery. Thanks in advance.
 
At 08:32 AM 10/24/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi
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>At Freedman's Cemetery in Dallas (1869-1907), we had several
>exhumations.  It was very clear that the lids had been opened and the
>individual removed.  The burials dated to the end of the
>cemetery's use, which coincided with the opening of a new cemetery
>across town.  Also, we have at least one burial record that states
>that the individual is in Freedman's, when their headstone at least is in
>the other cemetery.
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>I'd love to hear more about the cemetery your working on.  Are you
>getting any coffin hardware?  or safety pins (a pet project)?
>
>Victoria Owens
>Sam Houston National Forest
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