YEA!!! For Rhonda's cemetery crew!!! Been there, done that. Understand how good you feel.. Thank you and to all who helped you. gloria At 11:10 PM 11/14/99 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 11/14/1999 7:37:14 PM Central Standard Time, >glofra@townsqr.com writes: > ><< I have the cem books for townships: > Scottville >> > >My family and I were at the RUYLE Cemetery, two miles south of Scottville >yesterday. There were 14 of us working together to clear the undergrowth and >trees from the site. > >We had beautiful weather for it, though we weren't able to do any burning. >Initially, my husband had to hack a path into the cemetery with a corn knife >so we could get in to work, but the cemetery is now cleared and accessible. > >We are very happy with the results and plan to go back in the spring if the >weather cooperates to do more work. > >My gggg-grandfather Moses Ruyle and his wife are buried here. Their stones >are still standing. Their son, my ggg-grandfather, Littleton Ruyle is >supposed to be buried here, as well, but we could not find his stone. > >In the spring we plan to take metal rods to probe the ground to check for >stones that may have fallen and are now hidden. > >It was a very satisfying project! > >~~Rhonda Ashby Coulter > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com, send a message to: > ILMACOUP-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command: > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but your software may require one. > >