Thanks for confirming that Mike, I thought perhaps our experience was an isolated one. I hope everyone on the list is listening to this. Marie in Bloomfield, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Stoico <mstoico@ix.netcom.com> To: Marie Bartley Coppola <mcoppola@sprynet.com>; <NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [NJESSEX] Cemetery Photography Website > Marie, > Thing have actually gotten worse. A friend of my cousin was mugged there > and his father was murdered at the cemetery. People (and I'm being polite > calling them that) have broken into the mausoleums and have stolen jewelry > from the caskets. If you go, go in the middle of the day and stop by the > main office and they will provide an armed guard. My mother's family is > buried there so I go about every six months. I haven't had a problem, but > I'm not taking chances. Once my car's alternator died in the cemetery and I > couldn't convince AAA to send someone out ("let me get this straight, your > car died in a cemetery in East Orange and you want us to come out?!?") I > ended up getting a jump from some of the cemetery workers who were coming > back from a dig with their backhoe. It all seemed like a really bad episode > from "Tales from the Crypt". > I would be very careful going there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marie Bartley Coppola <mcoppola@sprynet.com> > To: <NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [NJESSEX] Cemetery Photography Website > > > > Hi Meredith, > > > > My husband's parents are buried there (Holy Sepulchre). The cemetery is > > located on Central Avenue in East Orange. We stopped going out of fear. > > There were packs of wild dogs running around and people have been mugged > > with frequency. We would always stop at the gate and ask for someone to > > accompany us. > > > > We have not been there in 5 years, I don't know if things have changed. > > This is just a warning for those attempting to go. > > > > Marie > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <PatGiov@aol.com> > > To: <NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 3:34 PM > > Subject: [NJESSEX] Cemetery Photography Website > > > > > > > Hi Meredith: > > > > > > There is a volunteer group willing to take photographs of graves in > > > cemeteries throughout the world. There was one volunteer listed willing > > to > > > take photos of all cemeteries in No. NJ & NY, plus one volunteer willing > > to > > > do those of Montclair. > > > > > > Try this website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/2318/ > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pat Giovanni > > > Sunnyvale, CA > > > Researching: Christensen, Dailey, MacNee, Mattern, McEvoy, O'Hara - > > Newark, > > > NJ > > > Burns, Byrne, O'Hara - Belleville, NJ > > > > > > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Essex County Genealogy Web Site at: > > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/> > > > > > > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > > For a complete listing of NJGenWeb County sites, visit: > > <http://www.cyberenet.net/~gsteiner/njgenweb/> > > >