This message was sent to me. I told the sender that I would forward it to the entire list. Maybe someone will be lucky enough to be related to "Miss Ford". Ronda McCrary ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Walchli Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:37 PM To: Ronda McCrary Subject: Re: [MO-CEM-PRESERVATION] Where to Start/saving old Cemetery HI... Sorry I don't know about preserving cemeteries...BUT.. what caught my eye was RAY COUNTY, MO I have a photo of a young lady,.. .in handwriting on the back it says... "MISS L. FORD RICHMOND, RAY CO, MO Blue Eyes, hair brown" the printing for the photo place says: FROM SHIELDS & STANTON FINE ART ROOMS Memphis, MO Then, more handwriting: Mrs (or possibly Miss) Brown the eyes blue then: MISS FANNY E. SHAW?...SHA....something...cannot make it out. On front of photo is written, at the top.... (Again, hard to make it out) could be JENNIE Hesdenlsook?... Maybe I should go to the Ray County site and post this....very interesting. I am not related, just picked it up at a sale...cause of the MISSOURI name... I research in Miller Co., Laclede and Dallas County... Just thought maybe I would connect with someone! NANCY ,,(^-.-^),, NANCY in CA. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronda McCrary" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 8:55 AM Subject: [MO-CEM-PRESERVATION] Where to Start/saving old Cemetery > Hi, > I have finally located an old family gravesite, in Ray County, Missouri (Clark/Cramer/Van Wall Cem.) that I have been searching for. As I expected, it is in rather poor condition. I would guess that it hasn't been tended to in 10 or more years. There is a profusion of small (1-2 inch diameter) trees, and thorny bushes everywhere. Some of the grave stones have fallen over, and seem too heavy to move. Most of the stones do seem to be there, though, which is good. > > Does anyone on the list have experience in rehabbing an old cemetery? I do not live in the same county, but am about an hour away. What tools do I need? Do I try to enlist a group, say like the Boy Scouts, or others, do I try to organize a family group to maintain it? Do local Genealogical/Historical Societies ever get involved in Cemetery Preservation? Are there any good books on this subject, or Websites that any one knows of? What are the laws that govern burial sites on someone else's private property? > > Any help anyone can give me would be appreciated. It seems that the older generation took care of this, until they were no longer able to, and some of us will need to take over. Thanks, Ronda McCrary > > > ==== MO-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION 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 > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >