Janet, I have photographed hundreds of cemeteries, both on private property and church grounds, and have never encountered anything like this. Most states have provisions spelled out in the State Code covering the responsibilities of the cemetery visitor/researcher and the cemetery owner/land owner. I have read that some business cemeteries with celeberity burials do charge professional photographers. Here in the area where I live, East Tennessee/Southwest Virginia, I have usually found extremely helpful land owners go out of their way, unlocking gates, providing access through pastures, guiding my route to the cemetery and being very apprecitative that someone is making an effort to preserve these old cemeteries and present them for genealogical use. I have photographed in White Township, Reade Township, Hart's Sleeping Place in Cambria County and Beccaria Township in Clearfield County. All these photos are on-line on either the Cambria County web site or my own web site. In addition, I administer the Scott County, Virginia Historical Society web site where we presently have 470+ cemeteries photographed, the majority of which I have photographed. The lady that took the tombstone photos for you broke no law nor did she in any way show disrespect to the cemetery. By taking the photograph, she became the copyright holder of that specific photograph. Please tell her to keep up the good work. Kenny Stallard Host, White Township Web Site ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet L. Gray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 5:00 AM Subject: [PACAMBRI] Catholic Cemetery Question > Is there any church rules about taking photographs of headstones in a > Catholic cemetery in Pennsylvania? > > The reason I asked: > On "Find A Grave.com" I requested a photo of a cousin's headstone in a > Catholic Cemetery in another part of Pennsylvania and a very kind lady > took a photo and posted it for me. The photo was on site for a week when > she was notified to take it off the site or the cemetery officials would > sue her for trespassing and a bunch of other things. > > Just Curious, > Janet (Maryland) > > > > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > 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