Follow up I would like to know how to get a fly over in Rhode Island. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Hundley" <nrhundley@sbcglobal.net> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:13 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards > Hi, > I am a Unit Commissioner for a Troop here in IL and have been active with > Scouting for over 25 yrs. with 3 Eagle Scouts in the family as well as a > past Scoutmaster husband. > Now, the point of an Eagle Scout project for requirement is that it is the > final item that a boy should be doing once he makes Star rank. It should > include other boys from the troop, local area people and such with a basic > none specified 100 hrs. of work minimum from start to finish. > A Merit Badge on the other hand is an individual choice item and yes, > there is Genealogy and Citizenship ( a required one) may concievably fit > into it for other Scouts participating in the Eagle Project, but NOT for > the young man working on Eagle. > Our troop actually had a Scout that wanted to referbish such here in > O'Fallon, IL and it ended up due to lots of different circumstances that > the local Historical Soc, had to take it over and then he could work with > it. We live near a major Air Force base and were lucky enough to get a > fly over done to locate by radar where different graves were for those > with no markers. It all turned out well, but a LOT of work and MORE than > 100 hrs. > Ruth in IL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Bob, They don't build fly-overs in Rhode Island. Took them fifty years to finish I-95 through the state. :) Don Taylor --- On Wed, 6/11/08, Bob Ryan <ryanblack@cox.net> wrote: > From: Bob Ryan <ryanblack@cox.net> > Subject: [RI] Fw: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards > To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 4:06 PM > Follow up > I would like to know how to get a fly over in Rhode Island. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruth Hundley" > <nrhundley@sbcglobal.net> > To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:13 PM > Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards > > > > Hi, > > I am a Unit Commissioner for a Troop here in IL and > have been active with > > Scouting for over 25 yrs. with 3 Eagle Scouts in the > family as well as a > > past Scoutmaster husband. > > Now, the point of an Eagle Scout project for > requirement is that it is the > > final item that a boy should be doing once he makes > Star rank. It should > > include other boys from the troop, local area people > and such with a basic > > none specified 100 hrs. of work minimum from start to > finish. > > A Merit Badge on the other hand is an individual > choice item and yes, > > there is Genealogy and Citizenship ( a required one) > may concievably fit > > into it for other Scouts participating in the Eagle > Project, but NOT for > > the young man working on Eagle. > > Our troop actually had a Scout that wanted to > referbish such here in > > O'Fallon, IL and it ended up due to lots of > different circumstances that > > the local Historical Soc, had to take it over and then > he could work with > > it. We live near a major Air Force base and were > lucky enough to get a > > fly over done to locate by radar where different > graves were for those > > with no markers. It all turned out well, but a LOT of > work and MORE than > > 100 hrs. > > Ruth in IL > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of > genealogy and history information pertaining to Rhode > Island. Despite the list name, the list topic is not > related to GenWeb in any way. > > Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or > to search the list archives or find other useful > information to help you use the list more effectively, > please click on the following link: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message