Yeah, it was set up in conjunction with the Kentucky state historical association. You would need to contact the HA for more information as they are the ones that administer the program. -----Original Message----- From: Sue Silver [mailto:ssilver1951@jps.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:18 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] preservation I believe a few years back the Kentucky Attorney General created a program for such cemeteries. Check the AG's website in Kentucky and see if you can't find info there. If not, does someone on INPCRP remember that activity around 2000-2001? Bill Spurlock - do you recall it? Sue Silver CA Saving Graves ----- Original Message ----- From: ScotStout@aol.com To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:03 PM Subject: [INPCRP] preservation hello. i joined this list about a week ago looking for some guidance. i have a lucky but unique situation. my distant cousins and i have just begun in the last few days to correspond with each other concerning our ancestors' cemetery in kentucky. short history: the earliest known burial was 1826. the cemetery contains soldiers from the civil war, and at least one from the revolutionary war. there was a church that owned the cemetery, but the church closed in 1868. the cemetery has been overgrown at least since 1950. the public valuation office says nobody owns the land. it is also not located in a town. other than tombstones being knocked over, no vandalism has occurred to my knowledge. the cemetery is hidden in trees, surrounded by tobacco fields. the farmer who owns the surrounding land has piled brush in front of the entrance to keep ATVs out of it, so at least he respects it. my #1 question is, how do my cousins and i go about preserving this cemetery if there is no owner, and no one can buy it? i have looked at a few web sites, including savinggraves.com and have found some valuable information, but nothing pertaining to a cemetery that is without an owner. we're starting completely from scratch here, so any suggestions are most welcome. sincerely, scot stout ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. ==== 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."