This appeared on the Broome County list. I hope no Whitney markers were involved! -----Original Message----- From: Vicki Titus To: NYBROOME-L@rootsweb.com <NYBROOME-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Cemetery preservation >For all of you that were touched/angered by the story about the old >cemetery I sent a link to, you might want to know that some of the >cemeteries in our area might be in as bad shape. > >Town Historians are responsible for cemeteries that are still in use, but I >suspect they can only make their limited budgets go so far. Here is part >of a note I received from the Lisle historian in the daily flow of things - > >"The care of old cemeteries should be the responsibility of each town and >the >historian, as a town official, could take the initiative to see that such >care is done. In Lisle, the Odd Fellow's Lodge does the mowing and any >other >physical maintenance. Other groups could be enlisted to do the same. Of >course, some town officials could probably care less. " > >and farther on in the came letter, sent in 1999 > >"Last summer, a vandalized cemetery in Whitney Point, NY had the stones >repaired by a group that does stone work. All the costs of the repairs was >donated, so where there's a will, there's a way. " > >end of snippets. > >I don't know the solution to the situation, especially for those of us >living so far away. Local people could volunteer to help by recording >small unused cemeteries to at least try to save them before they disappear, >but for the rest of us.... > >Vicki > >______________________________