Jack, while it may not be everything that you had hoped for, it sounds as if it's at least a step in the right direction. One question, would this agreement set a precident that could be applied to other cemeteries in the same or simmilar situtation, or this only for the one cemetery? I reseived a report on a cemetery in the last week somewhere farther out in the midwest, might have been North Dakota, where the DNR burned off a cemetery just like in your case. Several of the headstones had moisture in them at the time and according to what I was told they exploded. Bill William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Jb502000@aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:27 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] St Johns Lutheran Cemetery (Compromize) In a message dated 3/7/02 6:58:46 AM US Eastern Standard Time, KidClerk@aol.com writes: > You > mentioned DNR and Nature Conservancy....are you dealing with both or just > one? Kyle, I don't know which one I am dealing with. They Came in a DNR Pickup. The Driver is with the Nature Preserve, which I understand is a Division within the Department of Natural Resources. The other fellow is with the Nature Conservancy. The Gentleman from Nature Preserve did the Talking. The sign they are going to put up is one of those small white ones, and they are taking down the ugly 3 ft by 7 ft. wooden sign directly in front of the cemetery at the road. The White sign is a standard DNR sign. one was put out on the list last fall I believe. I took a picture along to show them what was more appropriate. On the bottom of the sign it says, " Division of Nature Preserve, Indiana Department Of Natural Resources ( DNR ) As far as I am concerned I am dealing with the DNR. I have their names, and one is with Nature Preserve, The one in Charge, The other is with the Nature Conservancy. I have to assume I was dealing with a Division of the DNR. There will be a small change in the sign mentioning the Lutheran Cemetery, 1847, and "Barrens" A local Lutheran wanted the name Lutheran removed from the wooden Sign, which they did. I told him No Local Lutheran Church has a connection to this Cemetery, I have a copy of the deed. The church was founded in 1847, and no longer used after a couple donated 3/4 of an acre farther away, with a stipulation of no Burials on the Property. The ST Johns Cemetery is Recorded in the Harrison Co. Recorders Office in a Record Book of directions and a Plot diagram of the 1 acre cemetery. I said to heck with the other, Put Lutheran and the Formation date of 1847 on the sign, he agreed with that. Now after all that I have said and described, am I dealing with the DNR or Nature Conservancy. I say DNR, you be the judge.? I came away from the meeting under the impression that I got as much as I could at this time. The Trustee will mow around Nov. 1st to a 6 inch height, This means from then until at least may, possibly until the first 2 weeks of June, visitors would be able to get in. When the burning does occur every 4 to 5 years, the grass will only be 6 inches high. I guess I can live with that. But as I told all of them as it is now (Wednesday Feb. 6, 2001) NO!. There is a Huge difference between 3 to 5 feet and 6 inches. Jack E. Briles Sr. Po Box 444 New Albany,Floyd Co. IN 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have." Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)