Marilyn, please let me know about the cemtery in Putnam Co. I'm in Mercer County and have relatives/ancestors buried in Putnam County. Write to me off the list if you'd like -- maybe we have information to exchange. Mary Hart -----Original Message----- From: mfwebber <mfwebber@email.msn.com> To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:00 PM Subject: [MO-CEM] Re: Cemetery disrepair >Dear List members, > I have tried to recruit family members from MO & KS who I know are >descendants of a family cemetery in Putnam Co. MO. I have received some >interest in cleaning and repairing the cemetery and also many many questions >on how to do it. The cemetery is located on private property by a fellow >who no longer lives in the state. The cemetery is almost totally unknown by >people who now live in the county. It is overgrown and totally hidden and >contains a Civil War soldier who was my great great grandfather, my >gggrandmother, several of their children and grandchildren. I have heard or >tried the following things and would like some feedback if any one else has >run into these issues or knows answers to them: >I have been told: 1).Once a cemetery is cleaned, sometimes Civil war >tombstones are stolen and placed on the market for sale. They are hard to >trace unless close up photos are taken and other photos to prove where the >stones came from. This is especially true if the site is remote. 2). >There are Civil War groups that are interested in helping identify and clean >cemeteries where former soldiers are buried and they keep the information >regarding these old sites relatively private to avoid desecration. 3). >That the land owner can refuse to let repair take place. ( I plan on getting >copies of the MO laws). >I have tried: 1) I called the KC area Veterans Administration to find out >if there was any group that helped with this type of issue. They didn't >know. 2) I spoke with the tombstone company in the county and was told >they really didn't now how to repair old stones. They had no list of local >groups that could help. They suggested I hire local jobless workers clean >the site. >Any ideas or comments would be appreciated. I would really like to clean >and repair my ancestors family cemetery. Marilyn > > >==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; >http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html >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 > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >