In a message dated 10/4/01 4:17:57 PM US Eastern Standard Time, bsmead@gte.net writes: > Lois, this is nothing new in Indiana, as we all know. I've been by Parker > cemetery many times and knew that this would happen sooner or later. Brian, That's what makes our job so Important. But at times I believe we on the List are the only ones who care. We keep working on the Cemetery Laws, but others that want them moved have more money and power than we do. The only advantage I can see in the DNR Data Base is that we will know where all of our cemeteries were at one time in the past. If that's a great consolation to you. Originally at a meeting with Rep. Lytle at The Falls of The Ohio Interpretive Center, we discussed all of this, and I was under the Impression that by recording the cemeteries, we would be protecting them. WELL SO MUCH FOR THAT. They are going at a faster rate now then they were before the New Laws were passed. The only difference is like I said, at least when we are finished we will know where they were. We won't know where they went maybe, but at least the old Location will be known. I also would like to know how many individuals have signed up to have one acre Surveyed, Fenced and recorded to save the Taxes on one acre of Land in the southern part of the State where the ground is not Tillable I don't include Coal, Oil, or large Farming operations. I mean the small Property owner. If I said what I am feeling, this could go on, but I can only say so much before I get Mad. Brian, I understand how you feel, and I know we can't stop all Cemetery movements, but Darn, we should be able to stop one. Sorry, Jack E. Briles Sr. Floyd County PCRP Coordinator Po Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 Fax (812) 282-6585

Jack, I agree we on the list care, but I think that's because we on the list may be the only ones who are aware of what has been happening to cemeteries. I found this website and joined this list after I found my own family cemetery that had been "bulldozed by a farmer". Every single person I talked to about signing the "checkers" petition was shocked to hear what I was telling them, ("I just assumed it was always against the law.") just as shocked as I was to discover that anyone would intentionally destroy a cemetery. I'm not stupid, but I was ignorant. I apologize for that. Debra Dougherty Martinsville, IN ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Parker Cemetery at St. Joe Center Road in Ft. Wayne, IN > In a message dated 10/4/01 4:17:57 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > bsmead@gte.net writes: > > > > Lois, this is nothing new in Indiana, as we all know. I've been by Parker > > cemetery many times and knew that this would happen sooner or later. > > Brian, > That's what makes our job so Important. But at times I believe we on the > List are the only ones who care. We keep working on the Cemetery Laws, but > others that want them moved have more money and power than we do. The only > advantage I can see in the DNR Data Base is that we will know where all of > our cemeteries were at one time in the past. If that's a great consolation to > you. Originally at a meeting with Rep. Lytle at The Falls of The Ohio > Interpretive Center, we discussed all of this, and I was under the Impression > that by recording the cemeteries, we would be protecting them. WELL SO MUCH > FOR THAT. They are going at a faster rate now then they were before the New > Laws were passed. The only difference is like I said, at least when we are > finished we will know where they were. We won't know where they went maybe, > but at least the old Location will be known. > I also would like to know how many individuals have signed up to > have one acre Surveyed, Fenced and recorded to save the Taxes on one acre of > Land in the southern part of the State where the ground is not Tillable I > don't include Coal, Oil, or large Farming operations. I mean the small > Property owner. If I said what I am feeling, this could go on, but I can only > say so much before I get Mad. Brian, I understand how you feel, and I know we > can't stop all Cemetery movements, but Darn, we should be able to stop one. > Sorry, > > > 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 ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. > > >