Laurel Hill has many tours - some guided and for a fee. There is also a self-guided driving tour with a fee for a booklet. I believe there is also a tape. Check their website - theundergroundmuseum.org. There is plenty of off street parking, the staff is very friendly and knowledgeable and it is beautiful. Pat Ingersoll Yes, I'd be interested in doing that. There are cemeteries that I will not visit as I don't feel safe going alone due to either the neighborhood's reputation or unfamiliarity with the area. I hope this isn't off topic, it seems relevant to me, but one thing if a group does get together: parking is simply not available at Mt. Peace. I went there once (by accident!) and will not go back alone, but in that one trip, I did learn that if there were several cars, there is no place to park them. I wonder if one of the historical societies has something like this planned for spring? It would add safety (we don't know each other), would drum up business for them (if parking at one of them, we'd probaby visit too, and I'd be willing to pay for a tour guide), they might know of the best times to avoid funerals or the busy times, and maybe carpooling could be arranged that way as well. Two non-Phila historical societies that I'm aware of held bus trips to accomplish this sort of thing. I would very much like to visit Mt Vernon and Northwood. Germantown Historical Society mentions cemetery and other tours through GHS, so that's a way to see Germantown and I'm hoping to do that, though so far don't have a group to go with. Does anyone know if this sort of tour is already available elsewhere? Dashmom@aol.com wrote: A thought for Spring..........? I'd love to get to Mt. Peace, but I'm not going there alone! I wonder if in the spring, there would be any interest in getting some groups together to meet at the various cemeteries? I'm sure a group of five or ten would feel much safer walking around in some of the inner city cemeteries! And more eyes looking at stones couldn't hurt either. --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message