From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Thu Dec 11 09:19:23 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA03703; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:19:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA11614 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:22:27 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA24389 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:22:26 -0800 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id GAA04655 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 06:47:57 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA28559 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 06:44:52 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-From: efavre@linknet.net Thu Dec 11 06:44:51 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA28553 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 06:44:51 -0800 (PST) From: efavre@linknet.net Received: from popalex1.linknet.net (popalex1.linknet.net [206.103.79.89]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id GAA04647 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 06:47:54 -0800 Received: from ns.linknet.net (lrbr4-1.linknet.net [206.97.224.135]) by popalex1.linknet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA21423 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:45:28 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:45:28 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712111445.IAA21423@popalex1.linknet.net> X-Sender: efavre@popalex1.linknet.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: SAVING OLD CEMETERY Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com Am I correct in thinking that it was this List on which I saw a message re saving an old abandoned cemetery? I know of one such which is very old and in which a number of my family members are buried. These burials date back at least to the early 1800's. I can remember the cemetery when it had an ornate iron fence around it, but it is now in the middle of cultivated acreage. The last time I went there was more than 25 years ago and the stones were all toppled and broken. I know it is illegal to disturb a burial site, no matter whether one owns the property, but I wonder what has happened to this particular place. The DAR did a survey many years ago, listing the burials they found there. I have a strong feeling that there were more than could be identified even then. It would be wonderful to see something done to restore the cemetery to decent condition, but it is on private property, and such restoration would require at least an interested group, as well as permission of the current landowner. Does anyone have experience with such a project? I feel that perhaps a coalition of DAR and parish genealogical groups could be effected if I had some facts and examples with which to approach them. This is in a very rural area of large-scale farming where large tracts of land are leased by a few people, and none of the old families still reside near-by. Perhaps a discusssion of such a project would be appropriate on the List, since loss of this cemetery and others like it would also be a serious loss of important genealogical data, not to mention the failure to decently preserve the final resting places of our forebears. Elaine F.