Board member of Riverview Cemetery in Seymour said the cemetery now is charging $25 for each grave location staff looks up in cemetery records. This was brought to my attention by someone who wanted to make photographs for eight requests on Find-a-Grave but was unwilling to pay $200 to learn where to find the graves. The Seymour Library does lookups of grave locations through 2003 at no charge but has been unable to obtain copies of records since that time. The board member was unaware that the library had copies of the records. Hours at the library are 8:30am-8:30pm Mondays-Thursdays, 8:30-6 Fridays, 9-5 Saturdays and 1-5 Sundays. Ext 1240 at the number below if I don't answer or you can email at the address in the signature line. The board member said staff often is out of the office while doing cemetery maintenance and must interrupt their work and go to the office for the lookups and then, because of computer problems, must do the lookups on plat maps in the maintenance garage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public Library 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wow, what a shame. From the response the board member gave it sounds as if its too much bother! Maybe the member needs to be in another line of work! I hope this idea of charging doesn't spread. Many times the only clue is a stone in a cemetery and Find a Grave has been doing excellant work. Carolyn Jones  ________________________________ From: Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Cc: Randi Richardson <GFTL@bluemarble.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:46 PM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Cemetery Charging Fee for Gravesite Look-ups Board member of Riverview Cemetery in Seymour said the cemetery now is charging $25 for each grave location staff looks up in cemetery records. This was brought to my attention by someone who wanted to make photographs for eight requests on Find-a-Grave but was unwilling to pay $200 to learn where to find the graves. The Seymour Library does lookups of grave locations through 2003 at no charge but has been unable to obtain copies of records since that time. The board member was unaware that the library had copies of the records. Hours at the library are 8:30am-8:30pm Mondays-Thursdays, 8:30-6 Fridays, 9-5 Saturdays and 1-5 Sundays. Ext 1240 at the number below if I don't answer or you can email at the address in the signature line. The board member said staff often is out of the office while doing cemetery maintenance and must interrupt their work and go to the office for the lookups and then, because of computer problems, must do the lookups on plat maps in the maintenance garage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public Library 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN  47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message