Hi, We have a fight going on in East Point to preserve Hillcrest cemetery. Right now, the burial records are in danger and are being held from public access by the owner. We are fighting to not only get the records in the hands of a responsible party for the family members access, but to also allow genealogists access. Family and Friends of Hillcrest Cemetery requests your help as genealogists with an interest in Georgia cemeteries to help and preserve your right and the right of other genealogists to obtain recorded burial information concerning Hillcrest Cemetery located on Stanton Road in East Point, Ga. Even if you do not have ancestors buried in Hillcrest We urge you to help us make sure that the records are made available to family members who need them to expedite a burial as well as for use by genealogists and family researchers. We would like to request that you email the East Point City Council members and the mayor and encourage them to continue to pursue the cemetery records from the cemetery owner who has abandoned the cemetery but refuses to release the records . The records are only made available to family members when a $200.00 fee is paid for access to them. The family members are forced to pay this fee if they need to find the grave for a pending burial. Genealogists and family researcher are often refused access. When you email the council, remember that they are wanting to help but will need FRIENDLY encouragement. We ask that your email remind them that these records are paramount to the preservation of the cemetery and its history and are of great value and should be made accessible. Please be sure to mention that you feel that the records should be seized along with any real property taken from the owner. We also request that you ask the council to stay on top of the city attorney to complete the legal research that they have requested regarding the cemetery. Below are the email addresses to the council. We thank you for your assistance. Steven K. Bramlett. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Steven: I have sent a rather lengthy encouraging yet please do something email to the council members - please keep me informed - I will be traveling all of April, but I will also try to get the Atl AJC to cover this as well. Thanks. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "S.K Bramlett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: [GA-CEM] Hillcrest Cemetery, East Point, Ga. Your help is requested. Hi, We have a fight going on in East Point to preserve Hillcrest cemetery. Right now, the burial records are in danger and are being held from public access by the owner. We are fighting to not only get the records in the hands of a responsible party for the family members access, but to also allow genealogists access. Family and Friends of Hillcrest Cemetery requests your help as genealogists with an interest in Georgia cemeteries to help and preserve your right and the right of other genealogists to obtain recorded burial information concerning Hillcrest Cemetery located on Stanton Road in East Point, Ga. Even if you do not have ancestors buried in Hillcrest We urge you to help us make sure that the records are made available to family members who need them to expedite a burial as well as for use by genealogists and family researchers. We would like to request that you email the East Point City Council members and the mayor and encourage them to continue to pursue the cemetery records from the cemetery owner who has abandoned the cemetery but refuses to release the records . The records are only made available to family members when a $200.00 fee is paid for access to them. The family members are forced to pay this fee if they need to find the grave for a pending burial. Genealogists and family researcher are often refused access. When you email the council, remember that they are wanting to help but will need FRIENDLY encouragement. We ask that your email remind them that these records are paramount to the preservation of the cemetery and its history and are of great value and should be made accessible. Please be sure to mention that you feel that the records should be seized along with any real property taken from the owner. We also request that you ask the council to stay on top of the city attorney to complete the legal research that they have requested regarding the cemetery. Below are the email addresses to the council. We thank you for your assistance. Steven K. Bramlett. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett The GA-CEMETERY Volunteer and Cemetery Inventory site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gacemete/ To search the Archives of this list http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl type in GA-CEMETERIES ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237