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Cemeteries of Redstone Arsenal Process And Summary, page 8
It will be noticed that census records are often red-lined, not only for the person of immediate interest, but also for the neighbors that provide clues to location. As more and more research has been done for early Madison County pioneers, it becomes fairly routine to know approximately where they lived. Each known pioneer can then be a “place marker” for neighbors as the additional families are researched. The associated family data collected for the cemeteries typically includes digital photos of land records, probate records, wills, census records, and data from sources such as family books, published genealogies, postings from the internet about family histories, and newspaper or court records. However, the vast majority of the data collected focused on the 1800s, with some selected inclusions up to 1920, since that is where the Madison County land record indexes change volumes. [It has been agreed throughout the effort that Ms. Curry would cover the 1900s with her own work, based upon interviews with living persons (and their descendants) who resided on the property before it became part of the arsenal.] The sheer volume of the digital photos of these records has required many hours of enhancement processing, and some of that effort has not yet been completed, even for many of the digital photos that are already made. After processing, these records will be added to future productions of updates of the master CD-ROMs for the Army. Additionally, if any particular item significantly alters the applicable knowledge base regarding any cemetery, then the Summary Report for that cemetery will be updated as appropriate in the future. The 7 additional cemeteries outside of the arsenal grounds that have been investigated as being closely related to arsenal land history include the Jamar - Owen Cemetery (just west of Gate 7 on Martin Road), the Jordan's Chapel Cemetery (on the grounds of Morris Elementary School, south of Bob Wallace Avenue, on property that once was a part of the arsenal), Triana Lakeside Cemetery (near the town of Triana, on Lakeside Drive), Old Triana City Cemetery (in the center of Triana), the Watkins -Rowe Cemetery (located near the southeastern corner of the International Airport), the Wiggins Cemetery (located near the northeastern corner of the International Airport), and the Wiggins Slave Cemetery (located east of the mid-point of the International Airport). Cemeteries outside the eastern boundary of the arsenal are typically already well documented as being within the metropolitan area of Huntsville, and they were not specifically 8 - (3276)