From: SMompop4@aol.com Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:05:45 EDT Subject: Need some assistance with a burial place To: glofra@earthlink.net Hi Gloria, My name is Susie Gillick and I am on a quest to find where a Caroline Graff, b. 1855, d. 1917, and was a mother - is actually buried. She is not related to me at all. I received an email from a lady in Alton, IL, this morning asking if I knew anything about this lady. I do have a Caroline Graff married to my great grandmother's brother, but the years and the counties do not match or even come close. It seems there is a head stone for this lady in an antique store in Alton, and the owner would like to give the stone to the cemetery or the family free of charge so that it can once again mark this lady's grave. I am sending you the info so that you could maybe post it so that maybe someone who either lives in your county or is searching in your county might be able to help us. I have checked Madison county, the statewide marriage and death indexes, google, genealogy.com and ancestry.com - all to no avail. I hope you will be able to find a place to post this. The following is the info about the stone and the lady: Trying to find CAROLINE GRAFF, born 1855, died 1917. There is a head stone with her name sitting in an antique store in Alton, Madison County, Illinois. No one knows where it belongs. On Mother's Day there was an article in the local paper there, asking if anyone knew her or where the cemetery is that she is buried. The store owner has said he will give it to the cemetery - it is not for sale. Please help this marker get back to the lady it memoralizes. If you have any info on this lady, you can contact me privately at <mailto:SMompop4@aol.com>SMompop4@aol.com Thank you in advance for your help. Thank you, Gloria, for any help you can give us. smiles, susie