Sorry, John A. Stovall, but I am not going to fill out a form to answer the e-mail you sent to me. Apparently you have blocked me from sending you mail. I do intend to return the favor. Shall we just agree to disagree about this subject and let it go. Much as I like the mailing lists, I have just about had enough with the negative attitudes on this one. And I am NOT talking about Sarah Reveley. She is trying to do a very good thing. Best wishes to all, and I will find my Davis without any help from this mailing list. Good bye all, tc and happy hunting. G. Winters PS I am really ticked off now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "g.winters" <[email protected]> To: "John A. Stovall" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Lost graves > We all have our own opinions. I am so sorry that you are so disturbed > about this. Dosing for water is a tried and true method but you will find those who don't > believe in that either. My point was that Sarah has not been allowed access to the > records for that cemetery which should be public records. > And the original paths were five feet wide. For horse and buggy. They > have been > widened by the people visiting grave sites in autos. I have no doubt that > there are > graves under what are now access roads there. > I still don't understand being so negative about what she is trying to > accomplish, > which is cleaning and respecting this cemetery. What is so bad about > that???? She > sure can't do that alone. > In other words, what is some people's problem with > the postings > about all this????? As someone mailed me, she has not cursed, used > profanity or > any of the other reasons to be blocked, and if this can happen to her, who > knows, > mayby someone will object to asking for help on a family surname that they > don't > like. Where does it start and where does it end???? > G. Winters > PS. Please, remember, don't tick me off, ok? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John A. Stovall" <[email protected]> > To: "g.winters" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 2:32 PM > Subject: Re: Lost graves > > > > At 00:09 12.06.05 -0500, you wrote: > > >Short of digging to find them, which is probably illegal, dousing is the > > >next best way, especially if you are not allowed to have the listing of > > >people buried in the cemetery. > > >G. Winters > > > > > > Dousing is just an old folk superstition and doesn't stand up to any > > serious testing. While Ground Penetrating Radar and Probing are accepted > > techniques in the scientific community. > > > > I'm sorry you persist in supporting irrational beliefs and suggesting it > to > > others. > > > > Why do cemeteries and researchers who need to really find graves use GPR > > rather than wandering around with bent coat hangers? They do be cause it > > works and coat hanger don't. > > > > See this article for what is done in the real world. > > > > > http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-05-27/pols_feature.html > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "John A. Stovall" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:36 PM > > >Subject: Re: Lost graves > > > > > > > > > > At 19:10 11.06.05 -0600, you wrote: > > > > >About looking for grave sites -- I noticed on TV that there was a way > to > > > > >see the damage to the layers of land when looking for a body. I was > very > > > > >interested not only for your conversation, but to see if there was > > >someone > > > > >buried next to a marked grave. Now I know about dousing and know > there > > > > >are people that are proficient in the technique. However, I must > ask -- > > > > >how do you know those were current occupied graves or sites where the > > > > >bodies have been moved. Did you dig and find casket or bones? > > > > > > > > People, there isn't one scintilla of evidence that dowsing for graves > is > > > > nothing more than simple folk nonsense. > > > > > > > > There are no people who are proficient at it since there's nothing to > be > > > > proficient at. > > > > > > > > Please look at the correct ways to find grave and help restore > cemeteries > > > > and not waste time on folk magic. > > > > > > > > Here go learn what you can do which is effective. > > > > > > > > http://www.savinggraves.org/education/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > > > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > >