Hello from California, When we cleaned our old family cemetery in Laclede Co., we cautioned everyone to not disturb field rocks or bricks. If people are familiar with old cemeteries, they quite often think everything but the tombstone should be removed. Not so! Also, I have read a lot of old newspapers on microfilm and have learned of people who were buried in the cemetery (but they never had tombstones). And talking to old timers in the area can reveal a lot of information as to who were buried there, as you know. And we found that talking to old timers is a real joy. And we also learned that cleaning a cemetery one year is just the beginning. Those weeds keep popping up. But once it is cleaned, there is so much pride in the workers that they are willing to return. Re unsubscribing--what is the purpose of this list? Isn't is anything and everything concerning cemeteries? One more point: Perhaps the lady who owns the little cemetery near the church would like to deed that land to the county. That will help in the future to protect it. My sister fenced our family cemetery--it too had broken stones from animals rubbing against and walking on them. After we (a group of us) cleaned it, we had it dedicated. And everyone wanted to contribute money to the cost of the cemetery fencing and cost of the memorial stones we had placed there, as well as the memorial stone itself. And the Pastor who handled our dedication told all of us that this is sacred ground and it should be kept clean. The Saturday before the family reunion on Sunday is always clean the cemetery day. Some of us who have grown older can no longer go there and help clean, but we did all we could do in the past. This began in 1988 and is still going on. Maxine in California with roots in Missouri

What is the name of this cemetery? Since people are pissed about cleaning cemeteries dicussion on this list you can reach me at bquinn@dialnet.net. ----- Original Message ----- From: MKLewis6610 To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries in disrepair Hello from California, When we cleaned our old family cemetery in Laclede Co., we cautioned everyone to not disturb field rocks or bricks. If people are familiar with old cemeteries, they quite often think everything but the tombstone should be removed. Not so! Also, I have read a lot of old newspapers on microfilm and have learned of people who were buried in the cemetery (but they never had tombstones). And talking to old timers in the area can reveal a lot of information as to who were buried there, as you know. And we found that talking to old timers is a real joy. And we also learned that cleaning a cemetery one year is just the beginning. Those weeds keep popping up. But once it is cleaned, there is so much pride in the workers that they are willing to return. Re unsubscribing--what is the purpose of this list? Isn't is anything and everything concerning cemeteries? One more point: Perhaps the lady who owns the little cemetery near the church would like to deed that land to the county. That will help in the future to protect it. My sister fenced our family cemetery--it too had broken stones from animals rubbing against and walking on them. After we (a group of us) cleaned it, we had it dedicated. And everyone wanted to contribute money to the cost of the cemetery fencing and cost of the memorial stones we had placed there, as well as the memorial stone itself. And the Pastor who handled our dedication told all of us that this is sacred ground and it should be kept clean. The Saturday before the family reunion on Sunday is always clean the cemetery day. Some of us who have grown older can no longer go there and help clean, but we did all we could do in the past. This began in 1988 and is still going on. Maxine in California with roots in Missouri ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== List problems? Contact the MO-Cemeteries List Mom <kburnet@efortress.com> Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog