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 > >