California has something of a reputation for not preserving what is old. Tear it down and put up something new is more the prevailing philosophy. Below is something sent to me by a LANE cousin. This is about the Ventura City Cemetery which was located in Ventura County just north of Los Angeles. I'd have to say this is beyond tragic -- it's criminal This cemetery is now Cemetery Memorial Park. The City of Ventura Recorders Office might have the only known map of where the plots are, a list of who was buried there and when they were buried. When the city closed the cemetery and sent notices to the families that they were closing it.....some people were notified too late. They closed the cemetery and those that were left buried there "stayed." All the headstones were removed to the land fill and destroyed. This from the Ventura Co. CA GENWEB site. Freida Wells [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger