You know its odd--I've seen, read & heard about the Desecration of Indian burial places & most times you only hear or see about the Indians complaining how the White people are destroying their families 'resting place'. And we (white people) most of the time call it "progress" But now that it's going to happen to our own--we're complaining that its wrong & shouldn't happen. Did I miss something between the two? Alli ---------- > From: Susan Hochstetler <suzyQimmy@webtv.net> > To: KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: KELLEY-D Digest V98 #164 > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 9:07 PM > > 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 > > > ==== KELLEY Mailing List ==== > For information about other genealogy mailing lists, see: > http://users.aol.com/johnf/14246/gen_mail.htm > >