Jack, that sounds like exactly what I want to hear happen to all of these I'm finding that were removed from deeds. Sure hopes this one turns out as nice as the one you saved. Jon, The original cemetery ran to the North line, which is the road. Today it is as far from the road as the width of a combine, since it is in corn with one row on the north side of it. Yes, the ingress and egress would be all the way up to the road. I asked my brother and he said 3 years is all they pay in back taxes. The fence she spoke off as keeping the cattle in was at least 10 years ago. It has been a corn field since then. The trustee wants to avoid a confrontation, not merely to save face, but also the cost would be a factor she must consider. She has been trustee for quite awhile and is one of the top 3 on my "Good Trustee" list. She and 2 other trustees here asked what more information I had for them and wanted to help find more and do more for their townships. 5 others I called merely told me the ones they maintain and ended the conversation. I haven't called 2 as they are long distance from my office and 2 haven't returned my messages (at least 2 times! ) yet. So I am very happy this happens to be in her twp. I don't want a fight yet, I want to get all of my numbers and figures in a row and I hope in January to be able to go to the commissioners and give them, not only a book of information on each site that will be marked in the auditor's office, but also a list of important questions that need answers. (I'll email them out to the group for feedback before I finalize them). My friend at the paper will come in handy then too. As for the County Surveyor's involvement, we have a WONDERFUL County Surveyor and full-time staff here (I'm the administrative assistant/office manager). However, I know for a fact that they are quite back-logged as it is, but that they will do what the commissioners ask them to do as time allows. I have found out from previous experience that the commissioners are the ones to ask for such a thing, as they may say the county surveyor is too busy and perhaps would be willing to contract out the job. It would not be a decision that the surveyor could make on his own, as conflict of interest could be charged by others who want his job and want to look as if he could save the money. In some counties, the county surveyor saves the taxpayers money (not really) by not staffing an office and does work from a private firm on contract with the county. Ours is not like that, but perhaps if new laws were to be more specific about who does the work and how, things might change and i! t could become a duty of the surveyor. Kyle, I checked with the county assessor and he typed in the parcel number I gave him for the property. It came up as a normal field of 120 acres with no exemptions ever on it. He said that means that their office was not aware of a cemetery being located on that property, so there were no deductions from the acreage to subtract it from her field. He did say that they go by what they SEE, so sometimes it might not be on the parcel mapped, but they take it off of the assessment when they look at the property. I have a couple more issues to discuss, but I'll start another letter so as to keep them straight. Thanks for your comments, they are greatly appreciated. Cris West Columbus, IN