Susan, was the difference that she was a relative and your husband was not? If she is a relative how did they verify her relationship? Or was it a case like I related about Mt. Tam, i.e., it depends who is on duty that day. Very strange ...... Paul On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Susan Stuart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > Here is my slightly convoluted and long winded update to the message I sent > to this list asking if anyone had experience with Lafayette Cemetery, > Lafayette, CA for Find A Grave. I received a lot of ideas and thoughts > from > you - many thanks! If you recall, this "public" cemetery wanted us, as > volunteers, to pay them $65/hour for plot information. We then contacted > the Lafayette Historical Society, which is somehow connected to the > cemetery, and they told us they "loved" Find A Grave", had it "bookmarked", > and would pass our message around to the appropriate person(s) for a > response. We never heard back from the LHS, so, my husband physically went > to the office at the cemetery, and was then told it would be $35/hour for a > plot look up, firm, no exceptions (um - rather than $65/hour). I then > wrote > to the person who had originally asked for the photo and told her that she > would have to call Lafayette Cemetery and get the plot info. She accepted > this task, called the cemetery, and they gave her the plot info without > question. She forwarded that info to me, we went back to the cemetery, and > her photo is now up on Find A Grave. So, all's well that ends well. > > > > Thanks again to everyone for your thoughts! > > > > Susan > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Paul, I'd love to answer your question, but the photo requestor's emails to me were very, very brief and only told me that he/she told the cemetery that the plot information being requested was of his/her great uncle. He/she gave me no further information other than the plot location. My husband is neither shy nor reticent but the best he could get out of the person at the cemetery was that it "is their policy". You can guess that I am hoping for another request for this cemetery to try it again! Susan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Puente Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Lafayette Cemetery CA Plot Info Update Susan, was the difference that she was a relative and your husband was not? If she is a relative how did they verify her relationship? Or was it a case like I related about Mt. Tam, i.e., it depends who is on duty that day. Very strange ...... Paul On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Susan Stuart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Here is my slightly convoluted and long winded update to the message I sent > to this list asking if anyone had experience with Lafayette Cemetery, > Lafayette, CA for Find A Grave. I received a lot of ideas and thoughts > from > you - many thanks!