Thank You for caring I have family buried in Allen Co. as well as Monroe thank you again Jim Farley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Burris" <Don_Burris@msn.com> To: <KYALLEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: [KYALLEN] Cemetery Desecrations > For all on the Allen Co., site; > About 10 weeks ago, I was surfing the web and hit upon a posting from a > lady that had recently been to Warren Co., and doing what we like best, > hands on research. Unfortunately, she went to visit one of two cemeteries > that had "Family" buried in them. To her horror, BOTH sites had been > totally desecrated and, she found 6 stones from one site standing up > against a tree. Both cemeteries had been removed with one having a home > and grazing cattle and the other had been bladed under for farming. I was > next stunned by the fact that I had Family buried at both sites and > proceeded to hit the roof about it. I emailed a cousin (Not Related to > the families of those buried there) and he proceeded to start making > calls. > This cousin, Bob Cron, began getting the typical run around as in "It's > not our job", call some one else. Bob thusly started calling every legal > agency in Warren County, then by calling State officials about this type > of situation and, was told by the Attorney General, Bob Stump, that his > office does not and will not approach this and told to call the local law > enforcement. They in turn said that it was not their jurisdiction and to > call the County Attorney......................You guessed it, not theirs > to handle. After dozens of emails to every State Representative, Attorney > General a second time, he finally got copies of the laws posted. After > all of this has trickled down to a couple of positive responses from a > local State Rep. who in turn is looking into this. > I personally have sent emails and a couple of letters to "Authorities" > with no response. I guess that my living in Arizona leaves me with no > clout other than the fact that my entire family lines are from Kentucky > and, 19 Surnames are located in Warren Co., alone. 3 are from Allen > county. > One question that I must ask is how many people spend time in Kentucky > doing Genealogy research at the Filson Club, State Historical Society, > Every County Courthouse, Graves, and foremost for some, The Western > Kentucky University Genealogy library??? At this point, we're talking > millions of tourist dollars being spent in Kentucky, and we know that this > can be an expensive hobby! > What totally sets me off regarding this matter is that many of these same > officials surely have family buried in these county cemeteries. I'm not > certain how many are in Allen Co., but Warren Co., has between 500 and > 1000 of these cemeteries. How many of you out there have family in one of > theses cemeteries and how many more are being desecrated daily in > Kentucky??? > The Bowling Green Daily News has finally opened up to this problem and > did a feature story on it last week and you can visit that site on > www.bgdailynews.net<http://www.bgdailynews.net/> . Also, there have been > some letters posted on the Opinion page. It has stirred up a hornets nest > but needs many more to email or, write to your state rep. and make noise. > The results from the site with the stones found by a tree are being > resolved with the property owner, that did NOT remove the stones, and with > family members of the George Flora family buried there. The stones are > being cleaned and reset by a monument co., and the owner is willing to > fence and protect the area. A dedication stone will be erected by the > road as well. Some things do have a happy ending. > Please, get involved in some way to protect these sites and protect them > for the future. If you wish to see copies of the laws, letters sent, > current Photos, addresses of officials or, have questions please feel free > to contact Bob Cron at: fpslug33@aol.com<mailto:fpslug33@aol.com> or you > can contact me as well. Bob has 2 letters from families that have graves > that have been desecrated and at best are Horror stories. > Thanks for reading this and allowing me to vent. > Best to ALL, > Don > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYALLEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for reading and the response. This is a terrible thing that is happening. Please, if you know of any cemetery that has been desecrated or, in total neglect, notify your local State Rep.. The laws need to improve and the guilty identified. Best, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: pam &jim<mailto:farley@sugardog.com> To: kyallen@rootsweb.com<mailto:kyallen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [KYALLEN] Cemetery Desecrations Thank You for caring I have family buried in Allen Co. as well as Monroe thank you again Jim Farley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Burris" <Don_Burris@msn.com<mailto:Don_Burris@msn.com>> To: <KYALLEN@rootsweb.com<mailto:KYALLEN@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: [KYALLEN] Cemetery Desecrations > For all on the Allen Co., site; > About 10 weeks ago, I was surfing the web and hit upon a posting from a > lady that had recently been to Warren Co., and doing what we like best, > hands on research. Unfortunately, she went to visit one of two cemeteries > that had "Family" buried in them. To her horror, BOTH sites had been > totally desecrated and, she found 6 stones from one site standing up > against a tree. Both cemeteries had been removed with one having a home > and grazing cattle and the other had been bladed under for farming. I was > next stunned by the fact that I had Family buried at both sites and > proceeded to hit the roof about it. I emailed a cousin (Not Related to > the families of those buried there) and he proceeded to start making > calls. > This cousin, Bob Cron, began getting the typical run around as in "It's > not our job", call some one else. Bob thusly started calling every legal > agency in Warren County, then by calling State officials about this type > of situation and, was told by the Attorney General, Bob Stump, that his > office does not and will not approach this and told to call the local law > enforcement. They in turn said that it was not their jurisdiction and to > call the County Attorney......................You guessed it, not theirs > to handle. After dozens of emails to every State Representative, Attorney > General a second time, he finally got copies of the laws posted. After > all of this has trickled down to a couple of positive responses from a > local State Rep. who in turn is looking into this. > I personally have sent emails and a couple of letters to "Authorities" > with no response I guess that my living in Arizona leaves me with no > clout other than the fact that my entire family lines are from Kentucky > and, 19 Surnames are located in Warren Co., alone. 3 are from Allen > county. > One question that I must ask is how many people spend time in Kentucky > doing Genealogy research at the Filson Club, State Historical Society, > Every County Courthouse, Graves, and foremost for some, The Western > Kentucky University Genealogy library??? At this point, we're talking > millions of tourist dollars being spent in Kentucky, and we know that this > can be an expensive hobby! > What totally sets me off regarding this matter is that many of these same > officials surely have family buried in these county cemeteries. I'm not > certain how many are in Allen Co., but Warren Co., has between 500 and > 1000 of these cemeteries. How many of you out there have family in one of > theses cemeteries and how many more are being desecrated daily in > Kentucky??? > The Bowling Green Daily News has finally opened up to this problem and > did a feature story on it last week and you can visit that site on > www.bgdailynews.net<http://www.bgdailynews.net/<http://www.bgdailynews.net%3chttp//www.bgdailynews.net/>> . Also, there have been > some letters posted on the Opinion page. It has stirred up a hornets nest > but needs many more to email or, write to your state rep. and make noise. > The results from the site with the stones found by a tree are being > resolved with the property owner, that did NOT remove the stones, and with > family members of the George Flora family buried there. The stones are > being cleaned and reset by a monument co., and the owner is willing to > fence and protect the area. A dedication stone will be erected by the > road as well. Some things do have a happy ending. > Please, get involved in some way to protect these sites and protect them > for the future. If you wish to see copies of the laws, letters sent, > current Photos, addresses of officials or, have questions please feel free > to contact Bob Cron at: fpslug33@aol.com<mailto:fpslug33@aol.com<mailto:fpslug33@aol.com%3Cmailto:fpslug33@aol.com>> or you > can contact me as well. Bob has 2 letters from families that have graves > that have been desecrated and at best are Horror stories. > Thanks for reading this and allowing me to vent. > Best to ALL, > Don > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYALLEN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:KYALLEN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYALLEN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:KYALLEN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message