You might contact The Chicora Foundation. Their website is http://www.chicora.org/ They might be able to help with a grant, etc. I would also check their contents page http://www.chicora.org/toc.htm under "Cemetery Preservation" Some of the topics there include Lawn Maintenance http://www.chicora.org/lawn_maintenance.htm Cleaning, Disaster Planning, etc. Ann Staley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harriett Ogilvie" <ogilvie356@bellsouth.net> To: <FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:35 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] Starratt Cemetery >I would like some advice on who to contact or hire to do some work in a >family cemetery that has been neglected. It is very overgrown. There is at >least one grave that has sunk a bit. A hole is visible. So I know that >will have to be taken care of before we can get someone to work on the >weeds and such. > > The city sold it for back taxes. Of course they never contacted any of the > family before doing it. I will say that the city personnel was very > helpful with assisting when they realized that the someone in the family > did want it. We had to negotiate with the person who bought it. He was > very nice and allowed us to buy it from him. Now we've got to do the > repairs, etc. I do want it to be brought back close to what it was years > ago. > > If anyone has advice for me, I would appreciate a reply. > > Thanks, > Harriett Ogilvie > > > > >