Some other projects around the state for preserving grave yards. Sodus Cemetery - Berrien Co. http://w3.qtm.net/bcgensoc/bethel_cemetrestoration.htm Macomb Co. Couple does restoration http://www.romeo-observer.com/archive/021016/comm1.asp?comm=1 Friends of Potter Cemetery http://monroe.lib.mi.us/cwis/history/potterfriends.htm michcem - mailgroup on Yahoo specifically about saving historical cemeteries http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michcem/ Another list/board sponsered by Find A Grave but nation wide http://www2.findagrave.com/forums/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=CemeteryPreservati on SavingGraves http://www.savinggraves.com/ Michigan Page of Saving Graves http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/state1/ The above was found on a quick search. It all looks pretty interesting but there seems to be legal issues involved, etc. I live in Gratiot Co. (Elwell) now and the cemeteries are kept up very well here. The judge hands out some creative sentences when vandals are caught, which helps I think, plus being mainly rural communities adds to it all. The vandals have to clean up and repair the cemetery to the original state out of their pockets. They also have to make public apologies to the family of the people buried in the cemetery and also, to the community and anyone else they may have hurt in the process of their destruction. I am sure there is more, but it has been a few years since the last one happened, and I may have missed some details. I grew up in Saginaw and so am interested in seeing these cemeteries repaired, read and photographed. I can understand that the city may be overloaded and not able to keep them repaired, or it may be they just have not heard enough people who are concerned about it, so far. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10 January 2003