Hi. I don't post much on here, but I have personal experience with this matter, so I will share what worked for me and my family. My family cem is in IL, and we rallied a group of people from the area that were related to my kin, and we get together on Memorial day weekend and do repairs and cleaning. Please keep in mind, I don't live in the area anymore, but have met a whole slew of folks on the net doing my research. I was amazed at the number of folks that were willing to come out and do a bit, nearly everybody has somebody in their group that is handy, to some degree or another. It's not perfect, but it is cared for. The first time we went we also documented everything with a camera, just so we'd have something to refer to later. I know it sounds simple, and pretty unsophisticated, but we figured that no one else seemed to care too much, but we did. The end result is pretty good, this year we will have more folks than ever showing up, and people in the area have volunteered to go out into the boonies and mow a few times a year as well. It really seemed like once folks knew somebody cared, they did, too. Just an idea.Best of luck to you, can't wait until I can get to Cannon Co and see where my Mom's people started out. Angie BJ Martindale <[email protected]> wrote: Is there a possiblility of forming a Cannon County Cemetery Restoration Association? For the purpose of organizing cleanup, and identifying people that could be hired to do the jobs too tough for laymen? When the Patton Cemetery was looking for someone to hire, we just could not identify people to do it - not at any price. As an organization maybe we could interest more schools, boy scouts, church groups, etc, in preserving their heritage. I don't live there so am not one to take on the leadership, but certainly the Patton group would support and contribute to such a group. BJ Patton Martindale 425-861-1981 [email protected] ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== Stop by & visit the Cannon Co. Genealogy and History website at... http://www.tngenweb.org/cannon/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx