Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well in this heat! Here's an article I saved from the ancestry.com library on old cemeteries. I have found that the WPA field reports on cemeteries have been most helpful but I was lucky because the ones I needed are available for Virginia online through the Virginia State Library and the information that was gathered on even small, private sites is amazing to me. So your state archives may have the WPA reports. Also, this is probably a mute point but I thought that states or counties determined the laws regarding private cemeteries (i.e., if one is located on your land you must have a road or right of way to get to it etc.). _http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8439_ (http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8439) or _Ancestry.com - Clues in Old Cemeteries_ (http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=8439) Gayle in Maryland with HOLT ancestors from VA. (my gggrandfather is Clemmons HOLT(Martha Jenkins); ggrandfather is James Edward HOLT(Alice Eugenia Spain); grandfather John Cobb (Mattie Elizabeth HOLT); mother Lois Alice Cobb (Angelo Rockelli).