Ruth, I'm curious. What was the landowner's reaction? Sue Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pride1jw@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Helphinstine Cemetery - Alfordsville > Just yesterday I called a landowner to let them know of the many times I have > been told of a burial site on land they now own...Just sort of a "Don't say I > didn't tell you" .....".if you happen upon a > tombstone."..thing...........Ruth Pride > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > >