Scot: It sounds like you have many obstacles to overcome on this and please keep the list updated as to your progress. But keep in mind this... I would think if you really wanted to do work in that cemetery, it would be hard for anyone to keep you from doing it. I mean, who's gonna press trespassing charges against you? :) kyle, that's what i thought, too. then i found out that it was owned by a church that closed in 1868. the church was not sold, and eventually it collapsed and someone (maybe farmers?) cleared the rubble. the courthouse says that there is no deed to the land, no record of ownership, and no taxes paid on it. i would think the land would automatically revert to either the state or county, but every state is different. i'm still trying to find out if that's true for kentucky or not.

oh, BELIEVE ME, if i could clean that cemetery, i would spend every moment i could doing so! i'm a major gardener, so i love working with plants of all types. of course, that doesn't mean that i would remove everything that's there, and turn it into a flower garden with headstones... instead, i would remove the invasive plants and those that are causing destruction, but would leave the ones that were probably planted by my ancestors and their friends. however, i live in spokane, washington, so doing work on the cemetery myself is not an option. and to my knowledge, i have only one cousin who lives near it, and he is overburdened taking care of his wife who is in poor health. scot -----Original Message----- From: KidClerk@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:52:29 EDT Subject: Re: [INPCRP] preservation Scot: It sounds like you have many obstacles to overcome on this and please keep the list updated as to your progress. But keep in mind this... I would think if you really wanted to do work in that cemetery, it would be hard for anyone to keep you from doing it. I mean, who's gonna press trespassing charges against you? :) kyle, that's what i thought, too. then i found out that it was owned by a church that closed in 1868. the church was not sold, and eventually it collapsed and someone (maybe farmers?) cleared the rubble. the courthouse says that there is no deed to the land, no record of ownership, and no taxes paid on it. i would think the land would automatically revert to either the state or county, but every state is different. i'm still trying to find out if that's true for kentucky or not. ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."