The following teaser is about one women’s quest to document online the graves of Trinity Rest Cemetery, located in Hixton, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
Hixton’s Trinity Rest Cemetery has been a beautiful and peaceful final resting place for
generations. Now, through the magic of modern technology, everyone in the world is only a click away from being able to locate this serene place without leaving their computer chairs.
The cemetery has been photo documented and its information made available on a genealogical website for those seeking information on their Hixton ancestors. This was done due to the dedication of a woman whose southern roots and traditions along with her love of genealogy made it a perfect project for her to get to know Hixton’s citizens of the past.
Melissa Reininger, who has called Hixton her home for the past six years, made countless visits to the cemetery, uploaded over 1,000 photos of gravestones and memorial monuments and created close to 700 memorials for Trinity Rest to FindAGrave.com, a website used by genealogists to locate family members and their resting places all over the country. Because of her efforts, a family member of those resting there can now go online and “visit” the gravesite of their loved one by putting their name in the search window.
Read the full article in the December 29, 2010 edition of the Jackson County Chronicle.
