Hi Listers, I wanted to share an experience I had today attempting to find a burial niche. By a request from a member of the List, I went to Hollywood Forever Cemetery to find the burial site of George Barnes. The cememtery is lush and beautifully restored; the graves reflect the changes in Los Angeles over the years. There are the traditional carved granite markers---even a cluster of Confederate veterans' graves. There are also very large, ornate polished marble slabs with inscriptions in Greek, Armenian, Hebrew and Russian languages. I went to the exact place in the mausoleum given to me by the cemetery office to locate the Barnes niche---it wasn't there ! The row and column numbers were in sequence...but the one for Barnes was missing. I looked up and down the rows and aisles---nope, it just wasn't there. A re-check in the office didn't help. There is a listing for Barnes, but no actual niche at the specific site. So, I came away without new information; just new questions for the Lister who requested the research. I have found this is rather typical of cemetery research. Have a good day, Nancy Howard in Studio City CA ===== Researching: Doyle in TN,KY and CA; Perkins in MO,KY and CA; Pringle in CT,MO and OR; Howard in ME, NY and CT. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/