Aiken

[Christine]

Well, add another family who has become acquainted with their relative because of my fascination with Aiken - the family of William James Fisher - the young soldier whose letters I found last week! I've found some living relatives who knew nothing about him and they have been moved to learn his story and read his letters. I think the cemetery is particularly poignant to them - most of the children who died young would have remained unknown without those who transcribed and took pictures of the cemetery headstones. There is something about cemeteries that just tugs at my heartstrings, but I'm so grateful to be able to reunite another family to one of their long lost heros. Maybe they can take care of the cemetery, now, and preserve it. Thanks, Freddie! (Kate, I think you are right!)