For those of you who missed the update, it appears that the realty company responsible for the lot sales has no intention of selling the lot which contains the headstones for this small cemetery. From what Jo Church Dickerson reported after her visit to the area and telephone call to the realty company: 1) the lot which gives every appearance of being available for purchase, same as all the rest, will be not be sold 2) neighbors are concerned about preserving the old cemetery I don't know what this will mean in practical terms with regard to preserving the graves and headstones in this cemetery, but it would appear that there are no plans to remove the graves or destroy the headstones at this time. In realistic terms, our population growth and concomitant mortality rate are outstripping the capacity of established burying grounds. Eventually we may find that our society adjusts its views on burial practices, but for now, I couldn't agree with you more: we need to do something to preserve our history where it's records exist, be it a headstone, a deed, a Will, or a favorite family story. At the very least, each of us, as genealogists and historians, should take the time to record, as exactly and precisely as possible, with whatever tools exist (the pen, the camera), the physical records of our ancestors' lives. What is here today may well be gone tomorrow, through accident, through human intervention, and certainly through the ravages of nature. We can all work together to make things better, make folks aware of the value of history, make laws tougher, and we should. Yet let's not forget to make a record of what is there, and do it well enough that someone a hundred years from now will see, truly see, exactly what it is we are looking at--from the color of the paper a document is written on with it's small tear in the corner, to the beautiful engraving of angels on a tombstone with the verse so lovingly placed by a devoted husband or wife or children. Our one small voice may be the last to record what disappears tomorrow. Victoria