Hi, I was told by a Catholic Priest that the stones in the cemetery were not to to be touched an that it is against the law. I wanted to raise some to ground level and he sai that I should not do that. Do you know if he is right or wrong. Thank you Bob Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evie WHEELER" <eviewhee@verizon.net> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Cemetery Stone Repair Class > There will be a Cemetery Stone Repair Class in Narragansett on May 9th at > 6:30 pm. > The one hour class will be at the "Lucky Star" Historical Cemetery on Pt > Judith Rd (Rt 108) in front of Stop and Shop. Best place to park is at > Stop and Shop. > This will be hands on repairing. > For more information call Evelyn @401-789-3503 or ee mail > eviewhee@verizon.net > Weather permitting. > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Newport County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/mailist.html#unsubscribe > >

Hi Bob - The Catholic cemeteries and other active cemeteries have their own rules. If you want to repair a headstone in an active cemetery you probably need to request the cemetery caretakers to do it for you, or hire a monument company they approve of to do it. The active cemeteries have perpetual care fees that they would probably like you to pay to take care of these kinds of problems. If you are talking about a non-catholic historical cemetery, you probably still need permission from the owner. I don't think your Catholic Priest was lying - he was probably just relaying his knowledge of the rules of an active Catholic Cemetery. You really need to know what you are doing so that you don't make the situation worse, or injure yourself in the process. It would have been better if the message writer identified the group who was conducting this class, and the credentials etc..... Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob ryan" <ryanblack@cox.net> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Cemetery Stone Repair Class > Hi, I was told by a Catholic Priest that the stones in the cemetery were not > to to be touched an that it is against the law. I wanted to raise some to > ground level and he sai that I should not do that. Do you know if he is > right or wrong. > Thank you Bob Ryan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evie WHEELER" <eviewhee@verizon.net> > To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 4:38 PM > Subject: [RIGENWEB] Cemetery Stone Repair Class > > > > There will be a Cemetery Stone Repair Class in Narragansett on May 9th at > > 6:30 pm. > > The one hour class will be at the "Lucky Star" Historical Cemetery on Pt > > Judith Rd (Rt 108) in front of Stop and Shop. Best place to park is at > > Stop and Shop. > > This will be hands on repairing. > > For more information call Evelyn @401-789-3503 or ee mail > > eviewhee@verizon.net > > Weather permitting. > >