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As many years pass by, memories seem to fade away. However, some remain deep in the soil of the ground. Many, cemeteries have secrets beneath them or around them. History can be brought upon all cemeteries made into existence. In the cemeteries, there is a large amount of information within the people who are buried underneath. Which, makes it useful to know how these cemeteries got here in the first place. As challenging, as can be in finding information about cemeteries, there are multiple ways of doing so. Many people, wish to know how to perceive information of their ancestors or about anything that happened before their own existence. Information, can come in all different shapes and sizes. Due to the fact, that there are different media techniques you can use. In order, to find the information that was being needed from the beginning. Researching, on the …show more content…
For example, Hillendahl Eggling Cemetery, Tullus Cemetery, Tom Richardson Cemetery, Hebert Cemetery, Fitch Cemetery, does not have a historic plaque. However, there are cemeteries that did have plaques. Which are, Alief, Conner, Mount Zion and Greenwood Cemeteries have Texas Historic Commission Historic Plaque. Furthermore, there has been surveyed information, or none at all about these cemeteries. On June 24, 2001, there has been a survey on the Hillendahl Eggling Cemetery. It stated that, “Hillendahl and Addicks families were among the first Moravian-German settlers in Texas. They established farms and hostelries that became the launching point west for German immigrants who followed.” In 2003, Conner Cemetery has been surveyed. Mount Zion, has a full survey on the people that was buried in the cemetery. However, Tullus Cemetery, Hebert Cemetery, Alief Cemetery, Tom Richardson, Greenwood Cemetery, Fitch Cemetery does not have surveyed information on

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