Hello! White River Valley Historical Society's Cemetery Committee is holding two meetings this month. The public is invited to attend, especially those interested in history and gardening. The first meeting will be held Monday, Jul 15, 2002, from 5-8 pm at the Old Taney County Jail. The purpose of this meeting, according to committee chairman Jeff Michel, is a work session, to begin mapping and evaluating the status of every Taney County cemetery. A cemetery hop will be held at 8 am, Saturday, Jul 27. Everyone is to meet at the Old Jail; then we will begin updating the transcription of Old Forsyth Cemetery, and if time allows, another nearby cemetery. The WRVHS Cemetery Committee has 3 immediate goals: 1) to update existing transcriptions, conditions, and information about each Taney county cemetery; 2) to protect all existing cemeteries in the county from development, and to research the known destroyed cemeteries; 3) and to provide oversight all cemeteries currently without an association. Long-term goals include seeking funding to provide perpetual care, fencing, and signs for all cemeteries without these provisions at this time. There are over 100 cemeteries in the county, many of which are small family burials within subdivisions and rangeland. For more information, call 417-546-9892 (the Old Jail), leave a message, and someone will call you back; or call 417-239-1619. Thanks! Vonda Wilson Sheets ListMom for MO-AR-WRV http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gregvonda/ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~vondak/