Thanks Jack--I never dreamed this was all so complicated! Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Still learning, > In a message dated 10/3/01 9:50:52 AM US Eastern Standard Time, > jtrump@ccrtc.com writes: > > > > Thank you (!) to Ernie and Kyle for the advice. I had no idea what I > > did was actually illegal, I was just concerned that I might have damaged the > > gravesite somehow. > > If you can find someone that is experienced at cleaning and stone probing > and repair, and you go to your Township Trustee with this information, you > may ask him for a Letter authorizing you to clean and restore. He is Legally > responsible for most cemeteries. Check and see if this one falls under his > responsibility. To qualify as a "Pioneer" cemetery it technically must have > been in existence in 1850 or before. But this is not always true. I have two > cemeteries in Floyd County that have Pioneers that got their Land from the > Government in the early 1800s and lived into their late 90s. They were born > around 1795-6 and lived well into the 1800s thereby being true "Pioneers" > With properly trained Help you should get a letter of permission from the > Trustee. As we all know Trustees do not do the actual Repairs. They have > others do the work. As a trained Volunteer you should be very welcome. The > reason for the Letter is regular maintenance does not cover Stone Probing, or > Epoxy Repairs. But if you, or your help is Trained, he can give you a Letter > authorizing the work and you, under his direction are not breaking the Law, > this comes under his Job description, according to the Law. If you are told > different, please contact me Immediately. The DNR does not give out this > advice I have letters authorizing the Cleaning, Probing, and Repairs for the > Townships in Floyd County. I won't work on them any other Way. You will find > there is "Double Standards." In effect, but If you go this way, you are > under the "Legal Standard" Please, first do your leg work and make sure the > cemetery comes under the Trustee. > > > Jack E. Briles Sr. > Floyd County PCRP Coordinator > Po Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > Fax (812) 282-6585 > > > > ==== 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." > >