Mary Lee Sloan said: >>do I need to get excited about a grave that apparently the family did not >>care enough about.<< Tell me Mary, why are you involved with genealogy at all if the defamed, missing, lost, desecrated graves are of no importance to you. Yes Mary, we all have to get excited about graves, very excited for apparently uncared for by "current" families because one day there will be a Sarah or a Sam or someone like us that will care, will want to know who they were and that they were. So Mary, that is why Sarah cares what happens to our ancestors resting places because someday, somewhere, someone WILL CARE. That is the meaning of genealogy.

I am so sorry that you failed to understand. I have stored the emails on the procedure to find lost graves. Actually I might be one of the most interested people in the process since I have spend large portions of research time trying to find missing graves. And finally, all of my questions of processes and where to find information where I have not looked were simply to see if I could find people buried in existing cemeteries. I have been through every record on every microfilm for 5 parishes finding relatives and their friends. Basically I wanted to know more about the procedure so that I could find an Elisabeth Hoffmann Hoffmann who was buried from the poorhouse after her husband Henry Hoffmann died. The cemetery does not have that information. Church records state that she was buried in San Fernando. Now I have looked everywhere I can think of to find out if they buried her in our LOT next to Henry Hoffmann. That's why I was interested. Neither Elisabeth nor Henry seems to be related to us other than Henry used to drive for the Sisters of Charity. That took place next to the home of my Great Grandmother who owned the large sections of plots in the lot. Thank you for the information on the procedure. I have hired dousers before to find water. I am one that certainly believes in the the technique. Again Thank you Mary Lee Sloan >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: For Mary & others who think like her... >Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:01:34 EDT > >Mary Lee Sloan said: > > > >>do I need to get excited about a grave that apparently the family did >not > >>care enough about.<< > >Tell me Mary, why are you involved with genealogy at all if the defamed, >missing, lost, desecrated graves are of no importance to you. > >Yes Mary, we all have to get excited about graves, very excited for >apparently uncared for by "current" families because one day there will be >a Sarah or >a Sam or someone like us that will care, will want to know who they were >and >that they were. So Mary, that is why Sarah cares what happens to our >ancestors resting places because someday, somewhere, someone WILL CARE. >That is the >meaning of genealogy. > > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >