Articles for tag: Cherokee, Cherokee North Carolina, Death Records, Graveyards, Trail of Tears

Karla News

Do You Have Cherokee Heritage? Tips for Researching

People might wonder why I am interested in researching a part of my heritage that is so small. Most people would choose to conduct genealogy research on their most prominent ethnic group or race. I am mostly Scotch, Irish, and English however I have always had a strong attachment to the Cherokee Indian side of ...

Karla News

Best Places to Go Ghost Hunting

Old Churches There are churches in mostly any area, some older than others. You can tell how old they are just by looking at them, plus the older churches usually have small graveyards in front of them, or somewhere around them. I’m not really sure why ghosts like to hang around churches so much, or ...

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Great Lakes Shipwrecks – Explore these Under Water Graveyards

Having spent my entire life living on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, the mysteries of the Great Lakes shipwrecks have always been of huge interest. Add to that, my father was a merchant marine on the Great Lakes until the day he died having been a member of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald ...

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Chicago’s Lost Graveyard: Lincoln Park

You wouldn’t know it today. Home to DePaul University, Lincoln Park Zoo, and numerous homes and businesses, Chicago’s Lincoln Park is a haven for college students and young professionals. It has become one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city due to the proximity of Lake Michigan and easily accessible public transportation. In the ...

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Haunted Cemeteries and Graveyards in Indiana

Indiana has dozens of haunted cemeteries, and while there isn’t enough room to describe them all here, we can look at some of them. Start with the Circle Hill Cemetery in Angola. Hundreds of people have teen tall shadowy figures in hooded robes wandering through the cemetery late at night. In Batesville visit the St. ...