The message in quotes below has a lesson for all of us when talking about cemeteries. I realized after reading this, that it is true. Anything "abandoned" has no use. In talking with officials and others, the word "neglect" is far more useful. No one likes to be guilty of neglect while there is no responsibility if something is abandoned& is thrown away. Neglect sets the stage for something getting done about the neglect. Let's spread the word. Neglect, not abandoned! Thank you, Michael Emery & Cemetery-L for the following lesson and thank you who receive this for reading this snipped and pasted paragraph from the "Cemetery-L" list. The Cemetery-L list is not a name research list. It's purpose is saving neglected cemeteries. "BTW folks who are serious about cemetery preservation do not *ever* use the expression "abandoned cemetery" with any kind of seriousness. The only way you will ever see a real-life abandoned cemetery is if the people buried there get up and ambulate to another site! There is also the case of a party actually exhuming all the burials and relocating them at another site. These are the only cases that I can conjure of a real-life abandoned cemetery. The cemetery you've recently located is merely neglected. ;-) -- Michael Emery Information Systems Coordinator Save Texas Cemeteries, Inc. http://members.aol.com/savegrave/"