INTERNATIONAL CEMETERY WEEK Hello everyone. This project is not something that can be done over night but I believe, with your help, can be done. Have you ever wanted to make a difference? Here is your chance. Could everyone, without making this look like chain mail, send this information out to the other lists so we can see exactly how much interest there is out there. Obviously just 2 people will not make much of a difference in this case. I guess the best way to do things is to make a plan. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 1. Identify the people interested in helping be it Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Aunt Shirley, whomever. When we get a list of names, and establish parameters of the research (i.e. Areas that need work) then we can assign certain people to be over those areas. 2. Once we have established the base players we can start the list of what cemeteries need listing. For that we will have to ask the lists members for their impute. Then any cemetery that we gain knowledge of we will need to get directions for. The local Historical Society will be able to tell us if they already have that cemetery researched. Also some cemeteries have grave listings that are in personal hands. We need to locate those if possible. 3. When we get an idea of what we are doing we can set a date. I would like memorial week but I would like it to stretch for 2 weekends. 4. After the cemetery has been recorded, possibly we could put a flag in place to show that the work has already been done in case there is some confusion. 5. Then comes the question of what to do with the information we acquire. My suggestion is to get volunteers to data entry the information into individual files, then give the information to the local county web sites and to Rootsweb.com so everyone can have access. Well, that's it in a nut shell. I know that I have always wanted to make a difference. Maybe this is the way. Let me know what you think. If this message has been passed to you on your site and you are interested in helping please contact me directly. Lets make the Memorial Holiday the National Cemetery Week. Renee Waring [email protected]