Texas also has laws on the books. There is a permit form online that can be printed to show the landowner. The rights of ingress & egress are limited to twice a year(fall and spring). I've helped with a lot of genealogical cemetery surveys and we never have problems with landowners giving permisssion to survey. I guess it would be a real pain if there was steady procession across their land of people to view tombstones. I could see where a decoration day or specific days of entry would be a better approach in all fairness to the landowner. He could make sure his prize bull wasn't running loose in the pasture. that would be to the best interest of family member wanting to view the cemetery too. I think you can see this permit and laws on the TXGenWeb site and navigate to cemetery project. Lewter Cem in Giles county was in similar disarray, but there was a family member from NC, I think, that came out once a year to weedeat and mow and do gneral cleaning. this cemetery is now fenced and in better shape. It is still visited, as there were new silk flowers on our ancestors' graves when we were there in 2000. >From: "john v. burns" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Laws >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:13:57 -0400 > >Sherry, > >Are you talking about legislation in Tennessee? If that is the case, that >is >interesting. Here in North Carolina we already have laws on the books that >not only protect family burial grounds but assures decendants access to >their family burial spots. > >A few years ago I compiled a book on the cemeteries of our county. That led >in turn to cemetery protection and decendant access. As it turned out there >were already laws on the books. I had a few cases of property owners trying >to stop me from going into cemeteries, but the way around was that I found >a >decendant of a known occupant of the cemetery I wanted to visit, which >wasn't too hard to do in our county, went to the local sherriffs office, >the >sherriff would send a patrolman out there to inform the property owner that >he could not prohibit our access to the cemetery. But, like I said, this >only happened a few times, maybe four or five times out of the 447 >cemeteries I was able to document. > >I would gladly work with anyone wanting to get some legislation going in >Tennessee which would allow access to family burial grounds. > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:37 AM >Subject: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Laws > > > > This is a project that I have tried to work on. There has been a bill >to > > strenthen our rights as decendants to have access to the gravesites, but > > the last I knew, no action had been taken to further this bill. > > > > I sent many cemetery examples to my senator and representative in regard > > to > > this bill, as well as a copy to the chair of the committee and both the > > senator and representative that sponsored the bill. > > > > Seems that no one in the legislature really cares much about this. The > > Farm Bureau has gotten involved and their lobbiest have blocked it at > > every > > turn! > > > > -Sherry > > > > At 11:01 PM 10/22/2006 -0600, you wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Cemetery Protective Laws (john v. burns) > >> 2. Re: Cemetery Protective Laws ([email protected]) > >> 3. Re: Cemetery Protective Laws (john v. burns) > >> 4. Re: Cemetery Protective Laws ([email protected]) > >> 5. Re: Cemetery Protective Laws (john v. burns) > >> 6. Cemetery Law (Margaret Behel) > >> > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>Message: 1 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:41:01 -0400 > >>From: "john v. burns" <[email protected]> > >>Subject: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > >>Does anyone know if the state of Tennessee has any protective laws > > covering old family cemeteries? > >> > >>Case in point: There is an old family cemeetery in Giles County, that a > > family member has gone into and replaced the old, deterated stones with > > new, beautiful, expensive stones. There was a fence enclosing the >cemetery > > at one time but the farmer that owns the property has alloed the fence >to > > deterate to the point that his cows now have free roam of the cemetery. > >> > >>These cows have over turned most of the stones, now walk over them and > > splatter their waste over these beautiful stones. > >> > >>I guess what I would like to find out is if the [property owner is > > responsible for maintaining the fence? Can he be forced to restore the > > fence? What would be involved for decendants of the people buried there >to > > put up a new, chain link fence? > >> > >>Any suggestions or information to this regard greatly appreciated. > >> > >>John > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 2 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:58:21 EDT > >>From: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>To: [email protected] > >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >> > >>The following will hopefully answer your questions about the law. > >>Enforcement may be difficult, however, > >> > >>_http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html_ > >>(http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html) > >> > >>Sonja Bedwell > >>[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 3 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:23:07 -0400 > >>From: "john v. burns" <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > >> reply-type=original > >> > >>Thank you. Will look it over. > >> > >>John > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:58 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >> > >> > >>> The following will hopefully answer your questions about the law. > >>> Enforcement may be difficult, however, > >>> > >>> _http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html_ > >>> (http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html) > >>> > >>> Sonja Bedwell > >>> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>> Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.8/489 - Release Date: > >>> 10/20/2006 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 4 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:10:00 -0400 > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Message-ID: > >> <[email protected]et> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> > >>Hi Sonja, > >>What are the cemetrey potection laws and who owens the cemetery, I have > >>been > >>trying to get to a cemetery where my grandparents are buried. But the > > people who > >>own the land where the cemetery is on. will not let my brotyhers and our > > family go thru > >>their land to get to ther cemetery they have it fenced. So how do we >get > > to the cemetery > >>to clean it off and put stone back which are knocked over and broken. >The > > last person > >>buried ther was 30 yrs ago. Thank you .willow beard > >>> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> Date: 2006/10/22 Sun PM 02:58:21 EDT > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>> > >>> The following will hopefully answer your questions about the law. > >>> Enforcement may be difficult, however, > >>> > >>> _http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html_ > >>> (http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html) > >>> > >>> Sonja Bedwell > >>> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 5 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:36:26 -0400 > >>From: "john v. burns" <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > >> reply-type=original > >> > >>i hope you don't mind my butting in and, Sonja, correct me if I am >wrong. > >> > >>But, from the way I understand the law, if you are a decendant of anyone > >>buried in that cemetery, the present owners cannot stop you from >visiting > >>and cleaning up the cemetery. You might have to visit the local >sherriffs > >>office to have them pay a visit to the property owner and explain the >law > >>to > >>them. > >> > >>This is getting to be a problem all across the country and, I think, >will > >>continue to be a problem. People just do not understand that decendants > >>have > >>a right to access to their ancestors burial places. > >> > >>john > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:10 PM > >>Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >> > >> > >>> Hi Sonja, > >>> What are the cemetrey potection laws and who owens the cemetery, I >have > >>> been > >>> trying to get to a cemetery where my grandparents are buried. But the > >>> people who > >>> own the land where the cemetery is on. will not let my brotyhers and >our > >>> family go thru > >>> their land to get to ther cemetery they have it fenced. So how do we > >>> get > >>> to the cemetery > >>> to clean it off and put stone back which are knocked over and broken. > >>> The > >>> last person > >>> buried ther was 30 yrs ago. Thank you .willow beard > >>>> > >>>> From: [email protected] > >>>> Date: 2006/10/22 Sun PM 02:58:21 EDT > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Protective Laws > >>>> > >>>> The following will hopefully answer your questions about the law. > >>>> Enforcement may be difficult, however, > >>>> > >>>> _http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html_ > >>>> (http://www.tngenweb.org/law/cemetery-law.html) > >>>> > >>>> Sonja Bedwell > >>>> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>> Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.8/489 - Release Date: > >>> 10/20/2006 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>Message: 6 > >>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:51:22 -0500 > >>From: "Margaret Behel" <[email protected]> > >>Subject: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Law > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > >>The current land owner's deed is a matter of public record. A deed >search > > for their land and for the cemetery may show whether the cemetery was > > included or excluded in their property deed. An exclusion of the >cemetery > > from their property would strengthen your position in getting access to > > the > > burials. > >> > >>Margaret > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>To contact the TNLINCOL list administrator, send an email to > >>[email protected] > >> > >>To post a message to the TNLINCOL mailing list, send an email to > > [email protected] > >> > >>__________________________________________________________ > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] > >>with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >body > > of the > >>email with no additional text. > >> > >> > >>End of TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 38 > >>*************************************** > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.9/490 - Release Date: 10/20/06 > >> > >> > > Jesus is my rock! > > > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > > > Visit my webpage! > > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > > > Our hobby: > > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > > > Searching East TN families: > > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > > > Searching Middle TN families: > > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.8/489 - Release Date: >10/20/2006 > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use your PC to make calls at very low rates https://voiceoam.pcs.v2s.live.com/partnerredirect.aspx