It's not too late to be a charter member . . .

. . . of the Association of Graveyard Rabbits, a group of bloggers with a special interest in cemeteries. Already founder Terry Thornton of Mississippi has accumulated a number of associates, including Jessica Oswalt of rural Michigan, Amy Crow of central Ohio, Julie Cahill Tarr of Chicagoland and Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Minda Powers-Douglas of the Quad Cities, Illinois and Iowa, and Chuck C. of Christian County, Illinois.

I look forward to learning from their hard-won experience (I'm thinking rain and snow and scorching sun and poison ivy) and hope that being association members will help the bloggers involved to persevere. I see that Julie has already created an interactive map of cemeteries in Bloomington-Normal.

Illinois Harvest in Christian County

Recently digitized books at Illinois Harvest from central Illinois' Christian County:

McBride, J. C. Past and Present of Christian County, Illinois. Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1904. 582 pages.

Pana, Illinois, City of Roses, Centennial, 1856-1956. Pana: Pana News-Palladium, 1956. 56 pages.

Assumption Century of Progress, Assumption, Illinois. Assumption: Prairie State Tribune, 1953. 77 pages.