Carol, I am sorry that you can't get someone to pay attention to you. Have you considered contacting the Jackson County Genealogy Society at: http://mysite.verizon.net/jchs/JCHSEgypt.htm There will be fees involved, but sometimes there is no other way to get information we need. You might also want to contact Juli Claussen at timjuli@earthlink.net Karima ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Garbo" <cagarbo@webtv.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, IL - will do Lookups > Karima; thanks for your reply. However, the probem is that I am being > "bounced" between the City Clerk and the sexton for Oakland. City Clerk > tells me to contact the sexton. When I contact the sexton, he refers me > back to the City Clerk. Darn frustrating esp since there is no way I > can get down to Jackson Co., at least in the forseeable future. Carol >