I wouldn't worry about Poughkeepsie Rural. I don't know if they are honoring the deal, but they charge $35 to look up a record for you when you are there. It is still an active cemetery,m and well maintained. I am sure they are getting their money somehow if they are honoring the deal. Have you been to the cemetery? It is absolutely lovely. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ---- From: "cheap@simon.com" <cheap@simon.com> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:44:24 AM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Reusing graves Maureen, >I think they have some nerve!! >Here in the US we have to PAY for our gravesites and headstones and <perpetual care. This does not come cheap I agree but remember some of our ancestors paid only $25 for perpetual care back in the 1880's, I have one grave that is supposed to get a flowering plant every Memorial Day, the was $11.00 back in the 1880s, so if the Poughkeepsie Rural cemetery is still honoring the deal it has cost them a pretty penny since then. Thanks, Carol L. Heap *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message