MARGARET, it kinda sounds like a public cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/cemeteryDocs/OakHill.html I will also send thru the Dec Co, Ia web site and if one of the members knows, they can advise you. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: MARGOWEBB@aol.com [mailto:MARGOWEBB@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:16 AM To: mari@netins.net Subject: Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand River, Iowa Marie Sellers Hollinger I got your email off the Grand River, Iowa site. I hope you can help me. We have found the marked grave of my ggg grandmother Rachel Blair Vance in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Stanley plot. I am trying to get permission to place a small DAR emblem in front of her tombstone and I need to get permission from the owner/authority of the Oak Hill Cemetery to come onto the cemetery and place the emblem. Also, a short ritual will be made by descendants (I am at least one of them). Could you possibly know/find if this cemetery is private/public. Who would have authority to sign a letter stating permission is granted. It takes a long time to go through the process but I am anxious to mark my Rachel's grave with a DAR recognition as a daughter of John Blair, a Revolutionary War Soldier. Thank you. Margaret Vance Webb 116 Westwood Drive Knoxville,TN 37919