http://www.wv.gov/sec.aspx?pgID=49 ----- Original Message ----- From: "suebod" <suebod@tampabay.rr.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:01 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] MTR > Someone in the know, please post a list of addresses for the governor and > whoever else we can start a writing campaign to stop MTR and the > destruction of cemeteries. > > If there's a grass-roots organization founded, put them on the list, so we > can join. > > I would think each county genealogical society should take it upon themself > to determine from a list of their county cemeteries, which ones are > protected under the Historic Preservation Act and which ones are not. It's > a simple chart: Name/Yes/No. Post it, sit back and listen to us scream. > This is the dust of our ancestors. > > I know I'm in another state and my vote doesn't count in WV, but my tourism > dollars darn sure do, and my mouth and letters against the state of West > Virginia do to folks I normally tell how gorgeous it is, vacation there, go > skiing, hike, see the leaves and the springs. > > You don't fight big business with money. You fight it with publicity and > pressure from higher up. > > I can't think of anything else to do but write, email, complain, write > letters to the newspapers, and those living there, keep taking pictures for > us and posting them. So the big-wigs have heard it before. Stamps don't > cost that much, nor emails. > > The alternative is to sit back and wait until WV becomes another Grand > Canyon, minus the guysers. > > Sue > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Thank you, ma'am. Sue At 10:20 PM 8/9/06 -0500, you wrote: >http://www.wv.gov/sec.aspx?pgID=49 > > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx