Jane I did the same thing. I had found the grave of my 3rd Great Garndfather. It had a military plaque. I knew who ever had placed it had done it within the last 20 years. Yet, the name of the person who had placed the plaque was not familiar, but I knew we had to be related. So, I left a note in a plastic bag and staked it down. There was no response for months. I replace the plastic note and refreshed it. Then one day came an email, hi I am the person you are looking for. I was estatic. Here was a 3rd cousin, Great Grandson of my 2nd GreatGrandmothers sister. It was a wonderful moment when we met. That lead to major breakthroughs in my family history. The great thing was I had things he did not and vise versa. We are still dolng research today. So, I wish for you the same joy I had. Don't give up keep the note fresh. Jan BCGS...... ========Original Message======== Subj: [BALTGEN-L] Report on--Staking Out Cathedral Cemetery on Palm Sunday Date: 4/9/2006 6:07:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time From: _mejanemd@suscom.net_ (mailto:mejanemd@suscom.net) To: _BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com) Sent on: Well, the stake out didn’t work. I arrived about 9:15 am on a beautiful spring morning. Started doing the crossword puzzle and listening to NPR. About 10 am my heart almost stopped when a car drove right up and parked right in front of me. I almost jumped out of the car but was afraid that I would scare the two elderly people. They started up the correct walk way and I forced myself to stay calm. But, they went to a different grave and placed flowers and prayed. Bummer, bummer, bummer. I stayed until after 2pm waiting and waiting. Finished the puzzle and the two Sudokos and starting working on my needlepoint. I got to listen to the Prairie Home Companion and the Two Car Guys and several interesting discussions. Nary a car came close. Not many cars even came into the cemetery. It is in a “bad” part of town but the cemetery is nice. But I know the note is still there and I will check back later in the week to see if flowers arrive and the note disappears. Maybe they are waiting for Easter or Mother’s Day this year. I received many emails wishing me luck and one really good idea that I actually thought of when I was out there too. (Great minds think alike) I looked around at all the other stones to see if anyone had flowers like the ones I found Saturday. No one did so that gives me hope that the flowers placed there were specifically for the Fischer and not an adopted grave. I will keep you posted. I am determined. A girl has got to do what a girl has got to do. Jane Thursby >From England to Maryland by the early 1700's and still Maryland. Researching: Thursby, Stinchecum, Seward, Clag(g)ett, McNamara, Barnes, Muckelroy, Watkins, Kennard, Fallin, Snyder, Griffin, Benson, Cullison, Shipley, Beall, White, Wheatly, Mullineaux, Lee, Norris, Waugh, Oldner, Davis, Sasscer, Fell, Keith, Benton, Hitchcock, Clark, Moxley, Norwood, Lewis, Tydings, Lamb, Gassaway, Holland, Musgrove Also through George Schaffer (Chip): Schaffer, Appel, Dinsmore, Fischer, Yeagle, Suman, Soellner, Franz, Baker, Albert, Miller, Buzzard, Kitzmiller, Loeb, Stougel, Rohr, Turner, Wilson, Schichadanz ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== Please make sure the options in your E mail program disables quoting the message in HTML when posting to any Roots-L mailing list.