Hi Kera. Appreciate the information, but I see no amounts of money that we would need to bail out these holy sites from destruction. Has any amount been mentioned, or has this become a bidding process for the church? Also, is there a list of the grave's marked for destruction? Thanks Leo Landry Lafayette, La. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kera103034@aol.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:01 PM To: LA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LA-CEMETERIES] Sale of Tombs/Grave Sites at the St. Michael's Cemetery To Whom It May Concern, We are writing this letter in response to the information we have received concerning the Sale of Tombs/Grave Sites at the St. Michael's Cemetery in St. Martinville, La, for back maintenance fees. The St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, Louisiana, who own the cemetery, are acquiring the old ancestral plots to resell them, we assume for lack of space, and for past unpaid fees. The church has already paved over the original cemetery which housed the Original Acadian Ancestors that Immigrated here from Acadia! It is now a Parking Lot! We, as Guardians of our Ancestors Tombs and Genealogist, Historians, hope to put an end to this destruction. The remains, history and genealogy of these tombs desperately need to be need to be preserved for future generations to come. By sending this letter we hope to get your support in this effort. We need to join together to save our Acadian History. This effort is being named "Rest In Peace": St. Martinville Project Save. We hope to gather all the support from the Community, Descendants World Wide, All Societies: Historical, Military, Genealogical, Family Organizations and anyone with an interest in saving these old Tombs/Graves from desecration! We with "Rest In Peace" would appreciate your input and or backing in this effort. Spear heading our group are: Annette Eschete, Youngsville, LA Andre Courville, Breaux Bridge, LA And many other new volunteers world wide. If you are interested in lending moral support and agree with our premise, please contact us immediately as time is of the essence. This has been going on for at lease 5 years already. We will be setting up a web-site for all to sign a "Letter of Protest" of this destruction and "Eviction" of the deceased remains in this cemetery. Please Join us in helping to stop this blatant destruction of our past. Our Ancestors where evicted from Acadia in 1755 and found a loving home in Louisiana. Now their remains are being evicted! Will this ever stop! Please note*: That some of these graves that are tagged to be aquired and sold are marked with Civil War Placques and Veterans Placques. Any help you can lend will be appreciated by one and all in our group. If you have any ideas, contacts or groups interested in joining us please let us know as soon as possible. If you could post this letter at any of your meetings, or send to your members we would be grateful for your help. We can be e-mailed at: restinpeace@genealogysearch.org Also find the petition at www.geocities.com/restinpeace_stmartinville Thank you in advance for your help! Sincerely, "Rest In Peace" Annette Eschete Andre Courville ==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== US-IMMIGRANTS-PRE-1800 http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/US-IMMIGRANTS-PRE-1800.html ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com