Glad to hear that you were able to forward this on, maybe we can find some one that is kin. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Hogan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Cemetery in Irondale (off old Leeds Road) > Laura and all, > > The story ran on the local Fox 6 new station on Friday night . . . I did some quick looking in the Jeff Co Cemetery books but > don't think it is in those . . . probably would have better luck with the WPA cemetery surveys at the library. > > Unfortunately the news story did not give much information - just that they uncovered the cemetery on the site of the new Irondale > Middle School . . .and are try to locate family members (descendants) prior to moving the graves. The video they showed was of > tombstones in pieces and very pretty overgrown . . . the only surname mentioned was PHILLIPS. I forwarded this scanty information > on to the ACPA (Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance) rep for Chilton County this morning and asked is he could get the > Jefferson County rep/state organization involved . . . to make sure things are handled properly. With more details on the > burials I am sure we could determine if the cemetery had been surveyed and track down some descendants. > > Melissa > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:53:45 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] A Cemetery Moving, Irondale, Ala. > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Peggy, > How did you first learn of the cemetery moving? > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message