Greetings, I am forwarding this message to my group called "Cemetery Resources." I hope you will take the time to learn about the problems the people in Indiana are having with "portable" cemeteries. Their state laws are enabling development to play checkers with their cemeteries by allowing them to move cemeteries almost at will. Please take the time to review the petition Lois Mauk has included. I will be having the members of our commission sign the petition and am planning a personal letter to the Indiana representative indicated on the petition. For those who don't know, California's laws provide that when cemeteries are relocated there must be an effort to notify any potential next of kin, either through personal correspondence or by publishing notice in the newspaper. Apparently Indiana does not. Many of the pioneers who rest in California's historic cemeteries are natives of Indiana. Just as we are trying to protect their final resting places, some good people in Indiana are trying to do the same for our pioneer's ancestors in their state. I encourage you all to collect signatures on a copy of this petition and let the representatives in Indiana know that the eyes and "monitors" of California are watching. This nation's historic cemeteries are jeopardized daily. Yesterday on CNN you may have seen the story of the historic cemetery that is being asked to relocated so they may extend the runway at O'Hare airport in Chicago. It's time to take a stand and tell our respective government officials that there is a reason they are called Final Resting Places. Thank you in advance for considering this request. Sue Silver, President El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission ssilver1951@jps.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Mauk <LoisMauk@home.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:25 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Petition is on-line and ready for distribution > Dear Friends: > > I've done some tweaking and I've incorporated several excellent suggestions in > the letter and petition form calling on the Indiana Legislature to overhaul > the statutes which currently permit the quick and easy dismantling and > relocation of our pioneer family cemeteries. The documents are on-line in a > single PDF document at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/Petition-Disinterment.PDF > > You will need the FREE Adobe Acrobat READER on your system to open the PDF > link listed above. You can download it from: > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html > > I've also linked the Petition documents to a new INPCRP page on the subject of > DISINTERMENT, which I will link tomorrow to the main INPCRP page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/disinterment.html > > While this is the "final" letter and Petition, if you see something that > really needs to be changed, just let me know and I'll update it. > > I have included two different Petition forms: One is a "long form" that > includes a good deal more text and room for only 5 signatures. The other is a > "short form" with less text and room for ten signatures. I suggest you print > out both and, if potential signers want to know more about the situation, give > them the "long form", maybe with the included page of pertinent statute > language. > > This question has come up before, and I feel we should welcome signatures from > cemetery friends from OUTSIDE the State of Indiana. I think it's important > that the Legislators know that "the world is watching" what happens here. > > Though we don't ask for signers' ages on the Petition form, I favor collecting > signatures only from persons over 18 years of age. If you have someone (young > OR old) with a strong opinion on this subject, ask him or her to write a short > personal letter to Rep. Markt Lytle and, if you send it in with your signed > Petitions, we will include those letters in the package we will be > hand-delivering to Rep. Lytle on 10/6/2001. I'm sure he will pay close > attention to letters from children and young people as a further demonstration > of the wide range of interest in protecting our pioneer cemeteries. > > I'm really excited about the possibility of collecting a TON of signatures on > this project. We will, of course, keep you posted on the numbers when the > petitions start rolling in. > > If anyone should ask, the names and addresses collected in this Petition drive > will not be released or provided to anyone other than Rep. Markt Lytle, though > I will be tabulating the number of Petition signatures received from the > various Indiana counties and from outside the State and making that NUMERICAL > information available. > > Thank you for all your interest in and support of this endeavor. And thanks > to Jack Briles for permitting us to use his P.O. Box address to receive signed > Petitions. > > Lois Mauk > State Coordinator > Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Please do not send queries through this list. > > >