Ohio law states the property owner must give "reasonable" access to the descenadants but does not define what the word reasonable covers. This has made access very difficult. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "john v. burns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] Cemetery Laws > 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: tnlin[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 >