I want to talk about old cemeteries, why they are important and what you can learn from them. Say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding researchs, mine is that is focused on old africanamerican cemeteries, very often it pertains to other cemeteries of various backgrounds, but i focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in central virginia, nelson county, it has to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted through to go to work. [laughter] so, it means that if you are asking about counties not on that route, take a good guess. Within those counties, most of them are in amherst county, that is where the 150 cemeteries are that i visited and studied for this research. On the map in the lower righthand corner, dont worry there will not be a quiz but the numbers you are looking at seem to be the founding of these counties by european americans. I would also point out that if your interests are in native american Burial Grounds, those of course date back tens
Neglected and have few archival records regarding the burial. Ms. Rainville talks about how people can contribute to documenting these. [applause] ms. Rainville welcome today and thank you for coming on a lovely day. What i want to do in todays talk is take you through the process of locating old cemeteries, what you do when you find him, why they are important and what you can learn from , them. Very much a guidebook to these historic sites. I should say as a caveat, a lot of the rationale behind finding old cemeteries, while my research is focused on africanamerican cemeteries, very often pertains to white cemeteries and other cemeteries of the areas backgrounds. In terms of my research i , focused on the virginia piedmont, specifically areas in virginia, amherst county, nelson county. These are scientifically chosen. It had to do with where i lived and the counties i commuted to to go to work. [laughter] ms. Rainville it means if you are asking on counties not on that route, i will
Notice the mayors inspection sticker was out of date so the sheriff decided to confront the mayor and the truly weird situation the sheriff drove after the mayor when the mayor the sheriff though if this was just petty politics at play but he said no one is above the law you polled all will then play clothes and not just to have loved this display. You know now the mayor again now facing a felony charge or hearing from the sheriff thats he is working with a magistrate to file that charge right now we have reach out to the mayor unfortunately though we have not heard back as soon as we do though. Well keep you updated reporting live in portsmouth. Eric came thirteen years now and were also following some breaking news out of court a five year who burned and all to death in for junior beach our third year pleaded guilty to three charges related to the case back in november were still robertson is live at court where there was a lot of interest in this case or sell out was five years for
Church in south carolina. We need to tell the whole story. The whole ugly story of our history tonight, the fate of two slave quarters in Botetourt County is still in question. We are wdbj7. Good evening, im melissa gaona. And im chris hurst. New at 11 people in some neighborhoods across our area are concerned after they went several days without getting their mail following last weeks snow storm. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart spoke with those neighbors and tells us whats causing the problem. Chris, melissa, its been days since it snowed, but its still causing problems for some people in roanoke. Those who havent gotten their mail say they want answers. 10 36 25 10 36 30 just concerned about what could be coming in that i need to take care of. Roy forbes sorts through several letters for the first time in days. He and others on ridgecrest drive said they havent received mail since thursday. The day before last weeks snow storm. 10 34 44 10 34 50 we have bills and regular stuff that comes in th
High School Seniors who came up with the idea for thursdays program. Lidya tadesse, 12th grade we can really make a difference and the best way to do that is educating and having an open dialogue. About two dozen people attended. Hans wants thursdays discussion to serve as a start to more meaningful talks. Nancy hans, executive director, Prevention Council i look at that as heres an opportunity there are new faces in there. So we want to continue to build on all of this. If youre interested in hosting an event, you can get in touch with the roanoke alliance. We have a link to their website on ours, wdbj 7 dotcom. Christian heilman, wdbj7. New tonight, 67 people have been indicted on 188 drug charges in our area. This morning the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task force made the arrests with help from several local agencies and state police. Those arrested face charges related to marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Lynchburg police need your help solving several breaking and entering incidents ar