Pat, Can you get us a name and address for the person responsible for the cemetery? In some places it is a county or township (town in NY State) official or board. I would suggest that rather than removing the stone, that they be buried face down on the grave site. I recall reading that is the best way to preserve the stone engravings form weathering. It also keeps the stone available to identify who is buried there for the "next 100 years". Other records may be lost or destroyed on purpose, as I was told was done in one Jefferson County cemetery. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <pnutreg@tds.net> To: <nyjeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Important News - Parrish Cemetery located near Brownville (But in the Town of Pamelia) Jefferson County New York > Hi NYJEFFER Listers > > I know that many of you do not live in Jefferson County NY and probably > are not aware of the local News item regarding the Parrish Cemetery. This > Cemetery is actually in the Town of Pamelia but close to the Town of > Brownville. I want to make anyone who might have Ancestors in this > Cemetery aware of this action by the Parrish Cemetery Association. > > I hope soon (weather permitting) to make a trip over to this Cemetery and > see exactly what they are talking about. I also question if this > Association is within their rights to take this action. I believe that > they also have to contact the last known owner by certified mail. I am > not sure exactly what the date of the first burial in this Cemetery is, > but I do know that at one time (early 1800's) the Town of Brownville > included (in whole or part of) the Town of Lyme, Town of Cape Vincent, > Pamelia, Alexandria and Orleans. It covered a large area. > > Go to this URL and Read about the 60 Day Notice or the possible removal of > the tombstone. > > http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/02/16/parrish-cemetery-might-remove-tombstones/ > > There is a List of the Stones involved on the URL so you might want to > check to see if you have Ancestors buried there. > > > Pat Regan > NYJEFFER@rootsweb.com > Administrator > NOTE: For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at > NYJEFFER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > Remember that all Queries should make reference to Jefferson County New > York and/or a Town, Village or Hamlet. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jay I am working on that. I tried calling last week to confirm the name of the person who heads the Association of this Cemetery. I have a name but want to see if it is up to date. I will continue checking that out tomorrow. I also want to visit the Cemetery and see the conditions that the tombstones are in. The exact danger they present to other stones being damaged and etc.. It is not that far from where I live now. However it continues to snow up here in Northern Upstate NY and not really the best time to go and check this out. I will be in touch Pat R