>They have a wonderful list owner and she knows a lot about the laws and all of building on or owning, destroying Cemeteries. Hope someone can help you, as would be very discouraging to actually know that someone you love dearly is buried in someone's pasture.< Gawrsh! I'm blushing now....it ain't easy to make me do that, BTW. Thanks, Ideana for your kind words. >It has been turned into a cow pasture or whatever and has nothing to indicate a burial place, no markers of any kind. It would be nice for people to have a little respect for themselves and others and I personally would like to see it restored as a Cemetery.< Jim, First of all, things like that happened all time, but usually back in the "un-enlightened" days. The current owner may or may not know of the cemetery's existence--you'd be surprised at how many folks don't realize that even rows of depressions in the ground are graves. (I have wondered myself how a person could NOT know...) Secondly, here is a link to the "Old Bones" List and website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Falls/7965/cemlistp.htm You need to access the laws in OK and see what kind of provisions they have for old cemeteries (you can do that from this site). If the owner of the land knowingly is vandalizing--and I would say a cow walking on a grave is vandalism--the cemetery, federal statutes, from what I understand, call that a misdemeanor. In MO and Taney County, this is what I'm finding out... 1) There is likely a person in Sequoyah Co. (where Sallisaw is) who is either in the process, or has, transcribed all known cemeteries in the county. Taney Co. is fortunate in our own Bob Miley, whose business card states clearly that he is a cemetery hunter. Check with the historical/genealogical societies in that area, or in the local genealogy library; someone is bound to know of such a person. That person may or may not be aware of this particular cemetery...Bob is always hearing about graves off in the brush on the back 40 of someone's ranch or something... 2) If there is no such person, contact the county's assessor or similar official. The county may not be aware of the cemetery's existence. There should be a deed to the county from the original landowner/homesteader (if that parcel was homesteaded) SOMEWHERE (I'm having problems with this particular item myself) in the county's records, but there might not be. Find out who actually owns that land--the county, or the current "landowner". There should be a record of that cemetery in a deed somewhere between the "first" owner and the current one. 3) It is illegal to bar access to any cemetery during reasonable hours (I know MO has it in its statutes, but I'm not sure about federal law). "Reasonable" being rather opaque, if you want to visit the cemetery, and the landowner refuses because he is too busy to go back there with you once or twice, set an appointment for a time convenient to the both of you. Old cemeteries are notorious for copperheads, so later in the fall might be a better time for both of you...(I do know of some older ladies who will visit a cem any time of the year, going in with banging pots and pans to make the snakes go away. Never seen it done that way, but I've heard about it...LOL) Do this for now. Also check out http://www.savinggraves.com/ and see what kind of advice they can give you. There is a cemetery around Gore, OK in a similar situation. I am not familiar with OK laws, but this is what I've learned from MO. Vonda ListMom for MO-Taney and MO-AR-WRV Rootsweb lists http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/