And I am forwarding this to some of the sites I am on , in order to get the word out HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL SANDRA TYLER DUNCAN Sacramento, CA http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=purplevw1&I11.x=17&I11.y =7 http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 6:16 AM Subject: [MO-CEM] Sent to Cemetery Restoration site > I thought this site might like to read this also. This was written in > response to input on another list. > I have read so much in this column about care in obtaining information from > stones. I will tell you it is important to leave the stones in good shape, > but the awful truth is that transcription and publication of that information > is the best way to insure the dead will not be forgotten. I have been > involved in the restoration of many of my ancestors stones but the best part > of that was the transcription of the information for records. > Bill and Dorothy Williams of Morgan County, Missouri spent some three years > of their retirement transcribing the whole county and the transcription is > one of the most noble contributions to genealogy that I have witnessed. We > need more researchers like them. > Some stones that are lying on the ground will be lost in time and they need > to be cleaned and restored with an angle iron process that surrounds the > stone with iron attached with iron bolts. I have had this done to one whole > family cemetery from the early 1800s and also other stones in small > cemeteries where my direct ancestors are buried. Some born in the 1700s. Care > and interest is the main thing. Be gentle with researchers and encourage them > to publish their findings for those that will never find that grave in the > middle of a cow pasture. We are all after the same thing and that is to honor > our dead ancestors and connect to them in some small way. > > It is a good thing to donate a few dollars to the upkeep of old cemeteries > or restoration of old stones. By doing that you are ensuring that the next > generation of genealogists will be able to see their ancestors stones. When I > donate I think of it as a birthday or Christmas gift to the ancestor that > made my life possible. > > Merry Christmas to all of the volunteers in Morgan County. Thank you for all > your hard work on behalf of those of us who research there. I appreciate all > of you!!! > > Bonnie Morris Conrad > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > Visit the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >