Join researcher and writer, archivist, and AGS board member Nancy Adgent for a guided tour of cemeteries in the Nashville and Columbia areas:  antebellum, Jim Crow segregated, garden, and modern.  Many of these cemeteries have ethnic sections, and several feature the work of noted carver Cader Baucom, Jr. (1819-1867).   The 3-day tour ($150.00) begins on Thursday, November 5th and ends on Saturday, November 7th.  Each tour day will be from approximately 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.  This small group tour is limited to fifteen participants.  Each registrant will receive a study guide, waters, and lunch each day at an independent, locally owned restaurant.  Transportation will be provided in designated cars from the Hampton Inn, Spring Hill, Tennessee.  Participants are responsible for their transportation to the area, lodging, breakfasts, and dinners. UPDATE 9-4-2026 - THIS TOUR IS FULL AND HAS A WAITLIST

Join researcher and writer, archivist, and AGS board member Nancy Adgent for a guided tour of a cemetery in Sparta, Tennessee featuring comb graves. Click here to learn more about Comb Graves on the Tennessee Virtual Archive.  This 1-day tour ($60.00) is Sunday, November 8th and will run from approximately 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM.  It is two hours one-way from Spring Hill to Sparta.  This very small group tour is limited to eleven participants.  Each registrant will receive a study guide, waters, and a boxed lunch.  Transportation will be provided in designated cars from the Hampton Inn, Spring Hill, Tennessee.  Participants are responsible for their transportation to the area, lodging, breakfast, and dinner.  See the AGS website for maps of area hotels with walking distance restaurants.  UPDATE 9-4-2026 - THIS TOUR IS FULL AND HAS A WAITLIST

Please note - cemeteries are inherently uneven with hidden depressions, holes, roots, and other walking hazards.  The tours' cemeteries are in rural areas with taller grass, hillsides, and varying terrain.  Participants should be able to tour without assistance.