Hi Scott, There is a number of links on the main webpage. This one is called; How to be a INPCRP Volunteer http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/pcrphelpwanted.html Also look The Restoration Process One step at a time http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/pcrpstepbystep.html & this one too. http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/restorationprocess.html I was thinking of re-working these three into one. Of course I'm always open to suggestions too. I think after you have worked in a few, you'll see all sites are are all different, but the rest is about the same. Step by step you locate, fix or rebuild and put everything back in the correct place. Some one should start by locating records too. Checking all the libraries around you. Fort Wayne and Indianapolis too. On those workdays, stop now and then and take photos of the volunteers working. It will help you sort all this out later. I always start with a complete photo session first. You will come back to this over and over again. Learn that digital camera. Its worth it. Rich shared a method with me this spring. Start somewhere on the site, NW corner, etc. Photograph from all corners and you can't go wrong. Try to do this on each site you visit and soon it will become an old habit. Enjoy, L.A. Tippecanoe County pioneer cemetery projects. http://www.rootsweb.com/~intcpcrg/Index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScotStout@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 10:05 AM Subject: [INPCRP] how to begin? > the county in which i live does not have the financial resources to clean > a > particular cemetery which is overgrown. however, the county is likely to > give > permission to local people sometime this next week. i'm prepared to help > with > the physical labor as well as education. > > my question is, what is the best way to begin the actual grunt work once > we're all assembled at the cemetery? i have not found any information > regarding > this in books or online. since the vegetation to be removed is mostly > waist-high grass and a few shrubs and saplings, it's not going to be a > massive job. > but since weed-eaters can damage the stones, and mowers are out of the > question > since the grass is high enough to hide the smaller stones, just how do we > proceed? > > the cemetery in question is mica cemetery, and photos and information can > be > found at: > http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/spokane/mica1/mica.htm > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer > Cemeteries Restoration Project only. > Please do not send genealogical queries through this list. The surname > and geographic Mailing Lists on Rootsweb at http://lists.rootsweb.com are > a better venue. > Thank you. > >