For all of you that were touched/angered by the story about the old cemetery I sent a link to, you might want to know that some of the cemeteries in our area might be in as bad shape. Town Historians are responsible for cemeteries that are still in use, but I suspect they can only make their limited budgets go so far. Here is part of a note I received from the Lisle historian in the daily flow of things - "The care of old cemeteries should be the responsibility of each town and the historian, as a town official, could take the initiative to see that such care is done. In Lisle, the Odd Fellow's Lodge does the mowing and any other physical maintenance. Other groups could be enlisted to do the same. Of course, some town officials could probably care less. " and farther on in the came letter, sent in 1999 "Last summer, a vandalized cemetery in Whitney Point, NY had the stones repaired by a group that does stone work. All the costs of the repairs was donated, so where there's a will, there's a way. " end of snippets. I don't know the solution to the situation, especially for those of us living so far away. Local people could volunteer to help by recording small unused cemeteries to at least try to save them before they disappear, but for the rest of us.... Vicki