Hi all, On the local NBC station here in Syracuse, there was a report this evening about the fact that two stillborn babies were buried in the very same grave as another person who died the next day -- apparently unbeknownst to the family of the stillborn child. This happened in St. Mary's Cemetery back in 1956. It sounds like there will be a bit of an investigation into whether that situation occurred at other times as well. I don't know if anybody from this list has ever tried to find the grave for a stillborn at St. Mary's before, but if you have and you were unsuccessful, this practice may very well be the reason why. As I myself have no ancestors who ever lived in this area, I've never really had much of a reason to go to St. Mary's before, but it is very close to where I live, so I once went there to test out a new digital camera back in 2002. Oh, the reporter who related the story said that a search for relatives of the man in whose grave the two stillborns were buried had not been located. His name (if I recall correctly) was William RYDER. If any of you are related to this William RYDER, I'm sure the reporter would love to contact you for a reaction from the family. -- Mary Taffet in Syracuse (where I can almost see the driveway again, though the front sidewalk is still covered in snow)