Celia-- I missed the original message about this, but I can tell you that rural cemeteries can really end up neglected and forgotten. If you go to my website, and go into the Burnett Photo Album, proceed to the picture of my great-uncle Milton Burnett standing next to the Burnett gravesite we found in Kentucky in the summer of 96. It took about 45 minutes with a weed-whacker to even get in to where this stone was found, and the headstone itself had been toppled over in the 1970's, according to a cemetery survey which was done back then. I set it back up onto the base for the picture I took. There was a home about 300 yards from the cemetery, and the occupants of the house didn't know the cemetery was even back there. It is now considered private property, and I suppose this means that the owner could bulldoze it in, or dig everything up and dispose of it, if he chooses, subject only to any local or state laws prohibiting desecration of gravesites. The cemetery was totally overgrown with trees and weeds, and you'd have to know it was there to even find it. I wanted to try to take up a collection to have the place cleared and mowed, and the fences fixed. The present owner was all for it, because he's not about to spend a dime to do anything there. I haven't been able to generate any interest so far, so nothing's been done. Kevin. -----Original Message----- From: Celia G. Snyder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 9:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: RUDE graves in Indiana This is truly a travesty! Wonder how many rural cemeteries wind up like this? Celia