--WebTV-Mail-89415535-14692 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-89415535-14692 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAmZUvQAZtbY/PS85MIV9XWk4zS3YCFBSQvIyM4bpaQ85+gAnkavSQ9QJm From: [email protected] (Ruthie Lott/Carpenter) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:04:24 -0400 (EDT) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AL-MOBILEBAY-L] Re: Registering a family cemetery as historic place Message-ID: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: Bronya Feldmann <[email protected]>'s message of Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:19:04 -0700 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary=WebTV-Mail-2102555130-10787 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) --WebTV-Mail-2102555130-10787 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Dear Bronya. I'm not sure how it works in Ala, but getting gov't help is tough in most places these days, especially for cemetaries. If you go to this site, you'll see a cemetary that has quite a few historic people buried in it. Right in the nations capitol, no less! They have had to rely on volunteers to get the work done. Even the servicemen who come regularly are volunteers. Everything is explained pretty well on the website. Check it out. I hope it is helpful to you. Good luck in your searches! HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY Address:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4633/Changed:1:50 PM on Sunday, December 20, 1998 Ruthie --WebTV-Mail-2102555130-10787 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by postoffice-111.bryant.webtv.net; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:23:42 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id VAA06529; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:23:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA28178; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:19:04 -0700 From: Bronya Feldmann <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: [email protected] References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [AL-MOBILEBAY-L] Re: Registering a family cemetery as historic place Resent-Message-ID: <"a3hcu.A.93G.C8qG3"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/230 X-Loop: [email protected] To: [email protected] Precedence: list Errors-To: [email protected] Resent-Sender: [email protected] Dear Listers, This year I discovered that my family in greater Mobile left behind a family cemetery (Myers Cemetery near Chickasaw), established in 1849 and containing family graves up to 1949. It was deeded by the family to the Whistler Methodist Church. However, at some point the Whistler Methodist Church deeded the land to the County of Mobile and it is now inside a county park, I'm told. This is good, because I would assume that no Howard Johnsons will come in and pave over the cemetery. However, the cemetery is in terrible disrepair from what I've also been told and I'd love to see it restored at least to repair the broken headstones to be able to read them and to protect it from vandalism, if possible. Someone suggested getting it put on the State register of historic places and thought that I would have a good chance of getting a grant for its restoration in this way. Does anybody know anything about that? Also, does anybody know of any outfits in the state or nearby that restore old cemeteries? A friend who works in the Mobile Probate Court office thought she heard that a family cemetery can be claimed by a descendent of that family as their rightful property, because the right to the land can't be sold. Anybody know anything about this? Thanks for any help in advance! Bronya Feldmann Surnames: Myers, Dantzler-Rhodes, McInnis, Seale, Thomas, Dodds, Gibson, Baumhauer, Ramsay ==== AL-MOBILEBAY Mailing List ==== The MOBILE BAY AREA ROOTS mailing list welcomes enquiries regarding Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama, as well as counties which border these counties in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. --WebTV-Mail-2102555130-10787-- --WebTV-Mail-89415535-14692--