I've been on your site for 2 or 3 years and enjoy reading of your activities in Indiana. Thought I would advise you of a major program with an old cemetery in our little town. Ste. Genevieve is an old, small city on the Mississippi River; we go back to 1735-150 time period in the American frontier. In the 2nd half of the 1700's we were the "capitol" of the Upper Louisiana Territories. Memorial Cemetery was first opened somewhere around 1785 and closed around 1880. There was no more room. Ownership over the years passed to the Catholic Church in Ste. Genevieve then onto the city. It suffered much vandalism: stones toppled, iron crosses removed, grave markers removed and used for sidewalks/patios (they would lay the markers face down). One of the many interesting facts of this cemetery is that early settlers: Spanish, French, American, Native American & Afro Americans are buried here. Several years ago the city asked/gave permission to one of the local organizations, The Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve, to rehab Memorial Cemetery. We have cleaned up much of the overgrowth, raised money to erect an iron fence around the perimeter, the old fence was put up by the WPA back in the 1930's and was of a heavy gauge chicken wire construction. We have now a complete survey of all the existing graves, done a ground penetrating radar study of about 50% of the ground in an attempt to define burial plots, had a landscape plan developed and are about to begin monument restoration. Several years ago we applied for and received a "Save America's" grant of almost $150,000 which we have to match; we are actually pretty close to meeting the match - have until the end of September to raise another $15-20,000. To complete the restoration will require much more money. A new and major fund raising campaign is now being developed. The Foundation and all of Ste. Genevieve is very proud of this effort. If any of yopu are travelling west, please put our city on your itinerary and stopp in for a visit. Feel free to contact me. regards & keep up ypur good work, John