Listers: I wanted to let you know that our Ball State student members are getting some well-deserved recognition in today's Daily News. Please take a look at the front page on www.bsudailynews.com INPCRP-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > INPCRP-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 340 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [INPCRP] Putnam Co Cemeteries [Mary Baldwin <mjbaldwin0@yahoo.com] > #2 Re: [INPCRP] Still learning . . . [mills <mills@reliable-net.net>] > #3 [INPCRP] Parker Cemetery at St. Jo ["Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from INPCRP-D, send a message to > > INPCRP-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [INPCRP] Putnam Co Cemeteries > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:29:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mary Baldwin <mjbaldwin0@yahoo.com> > To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > HI List, > In the Communique (Indiana Historical Society > Newsletter) I > There is article about Susan Huber who has worked > diligently to document the location of her counties > cemeteries (Putnam). > You can subscribe to Communique with email addressed > to crendfeld@indianahistory.org In the body of message > write something like 'please subscribe me to > COMMUNIQUE ONLINE', and be sure to indicate the name > of the local history organization you belong to. > Anyone can subscribe, board, staff, volunteers, or > even individual members of your organization. There is > no fee. > Mary J. Baldwin > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Still learning . . . > Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 19:38:15 -0400 > From: mills <mills@reliable-net.net> > To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > Lisa, > > You may discover which company provided those stones by reading the probate > records, including receipts, of one of the deceased. The executor(trix) > may have provided documentation of an expense to the estate. In one > instance, I found this information in a probate record for a gr gr gr uncle > in Montgomery Co. His widow, also my relative, sent off to Lafayette for > stones for her late husband and children who died young. The stones were > delivered by rail. Over 120 years later they were recovered, broken into > tiny pieces in a cow pasture. Currently they (and about 25 other stones) > are being fitted back together like puzzle pieces. > > Another reason for searching: the original size of the stones and > information about footstones will be included in the information. That way > you can learn if this is one of those old slab stones that was buried deep > without a base. > > Sharon Mills > > At 09:49 AM 10/3/01 -0500, you wrote: > > 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. I have been to that cemetery a total of seven times now > >and have never seen anyone else there, which is too bad because it is a > >lovely cemetery. About the stone: I saw no base at all beneath the > >headstone, and the stone itself is only about a foot tall and maybe a foot > >and a half wide. Thanks also for the links, I'll look into making a base > >for it. This is my g-g-grandmother's grave, and all the stones of her > >relatives in that area look just like hers, leading me to believe they were > >all carved by the same person/company. I really want to make sure they > >don't deteriorate any more than they already have. > > Thanks again, I'm having so much fun learning about all of this! > > Lisa > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ernie & Connie" <elasley@sigecom.net> > >To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:40 PM > >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Still learning . . . > > > > > >> Hello Lisa, > >> > >> Gently dig around the stone to see if it is set in a square base with a > >> slot, or if it is a long stone set several inches into the ground. If it > >> is a square base with a slot, dig around it until you have exposed enough > >> of it to level it, then pack good dirt, sand or pea gravel under and > >around > >> it. If it is a long slab buried into the ground (usually 14" to 18"), > >> expose enough of it so you can stand it upright easily. Be careful not to > >> force it, the small flat stones may snap easily. If it resists standing > >> upright, dig a little deeper. Once you have it standing upright, pack a > >> mixture of sand and pea gravel around it. Tamp well, and fill the last 3" > >> to 4" with dirt or sod. > >> If it is a short stone (less than 12"under ground) it should have a base > >> with a slot. If the base is missing, you can find instructions to make a > >> new one here: > >> > >> http://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm > >> > >> There is lots of helpful information on the INPRCP website here: > >> > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/pcrpstepbystep.html > >> > >> If you have more questions, by all means please ask! There are many on > >> this list that will be happy to assist in any way they can. We may enen > >> have a member near Mt. Meridian who would be willing to come over and > >help. > >> > >> Ernie Lasley, Coordinator > >> Gibson County PCRP > >> PCRP page: http://members.sigecom.net/elasley/inpcrp/index.html > >> Cemetery page: http://www.usroots.com/~jmurphy/gibson/gibcem/gibcem.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> At 12:27 PM 10/2/01, you wrote: > >> >the trouble being that the headstone had fallen forward and sunken into > >> >the ground slightly, hiding the name. What is the proper thing to do > >when > >> >this happens? I gently pried it up, and "propped" it up by pushing some > >> >of the surrounding dirt underneath the front of the stone (it is a very > >> >small, hand-carved one). > >> >Should I have left the stone the way that it was, or was this ok to do? > >> >Thanks for any advice you can give-- > >> > Lisa > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > >> >This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer > >> >Cemeteries Restoration Project only. > >> > >> > >> ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > >> If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? > >> > >> > > > > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > >This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer > >Cemeteries Restoration Project only. > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [INPCRP] Parker Cemetery at St. Joe Center Road in Ft. Wayne, IN > Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:15:52 -0400 > From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com> > To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > > Thanks to Ruth Pride for alerting us to Tuesday's story about plans proposed > to move 70 graves at Parker Cemetery in Ft. Wayne: > > http://web.news-sentinel.com/content/fwnews/2001/10/02/metro/a02r_stjoecente > r_pg1a.htm > > (If this URL breaks onto more than one line, you may have to paste it back > together in your browser window or access it from the INPCRP "In the News" > page). > > Lois

Dear Sue: Bravo to you and these Ball State University students!!! Mapping, documenting and recording the details of these cemeteries is critically important. It's so exciting to have young people enthusiastically involved in these projects. I've added the BSU Daily News story to the In the News page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/inthenews.html Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Roszell" <sroszell@localnet.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:03 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Re: INPCRP-D Digest V01 #340 > Listers: I wanted to let you know that our Ball State student members are getting > some well-deserved recognition in today's Daily News. Please take a look at the > front page on www.bsudailynews.com >

Great story, These students need to be commended and should be on this list. The trustee, Richard Shirey, needs to be cloned and also commended. Brian E. Smead Terre Haute, Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Roszell" <sroszell@localnet.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:03 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Re: INPCRP-D Digest V01 #340 > Listers: I wanted to let you know that our Ball State student members are getting > some well-deserved recognition in today's Daily News. Please take a look at the > front page on www.bsudailynews.com