Tag-o-rama Gone Global

[dhgeyer]

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

I don't think we became a state until, like 1848 or something.... Or was that Texas?

California had the big gold rush in 1849, and some of those guys had to be over 50 when they went out there. Of course, if you really want old boneyards, look around the Spanish missions. Some of them go back to the 1600's, maybe earlier - I forget.

Oklahoma is probably hopeless, I must admit. As Patrick says, mostly Native Americans until after the war, and they didn't leave headstones.

Not sure I'd put much hope in a Civil War cemetery. Those were mostly young men that died in the 1860's.

I guess I made this harder than I intended to. We don't seem to have active members in the older parts of the country. I don't have a problem with moving the date up farther, say 50 years, but I don't know if the rules allow me to do that.