What can those of us who do not live in Tennessee do to help? I have contacted my few relatives and friends in Tennessee to make calls. BJ Patton Martindale On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:44:20 -0500 "Danny Nichols" <mssc@heartoftn.net> writes: > Family Cemeteries are part of our heritage as well. How many of you > from Tennessee have contacted your legislators to voice your opinion > regarding the Cemetery Proposal being considered for passage? This > is a serious issue. Unless we put a stop to these bills soon, > family research will be forever adversely affected in our state. > Now is the time to join together and turn these bills around. I > urge you all to please assist in this effort to stop these bills > from becoming law. If passed, they go into effect July 1, 2007. > > Please look closely at the following clause contained in both the > House Bill 1354 and Senate Bill 1804: > > In order for a friend of a deceased person, of the family, or of a > descendant or persons engaging in > genealogical research to exercise the right of ingress and egress to > a > cemetery or to graves on private property as eligible persons, the > friend or > researcher must have written designation as such by a descendant or > other > member of the family of the deceased. > > Such a requirement will cause a restriction of access to hundreds of > family cemeteries in our immediate area and thousands throughout the > state. If we, those whose interest is in our history and in > preserving our past, don't defend our right to do so, then those > rights shall be taken away from us by those acting on behalf of > other agendas. This is a call "To Arms!" Contact your legislators > please! > > Respectfully, > Danny M. Nichols > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > BJ Martindale 425-861-1981 bjmartindale@juno.com