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    1. Re: KELLEY-D Digest V98 #164
    2. Susan Hochstetler
    3. I agree abt. not disturbing the cemetaries but not for genealogical reasons. A cemetary or grave should be a sacred place. It's where someone's family member was laid to rest. Desecration of a grave should be a criminal offense. We put our loved ones there i good faith that the grave will not be disturbed. It may not seem important in this modern world to have some old grave taking up space, but how would the person that allows this to happen feel if the grave of thier parents was moved because some developer or government official got a little greedy and wanted to develpoe the place where they were buried. Yes, an old grave or cemetary is part of our history, but they should be more than that and not just to genealogists.A hundred year from know are our graves going to be drug up and rearranged because no one cares about who came before. Our ancestors would be turning in thier graves if they could see what we have become. They were simple and most ueducated, bu are we better? Kim

    08/25/1998 10:07:09