I wanted to send you a portion of an email I received regarding the Indiana
Pioneer Cenetary Restoration Project. Part of this project involves
petitioning the Indiana General Assembly. I know one of my ancestors, Achor
Wright who lived in Jay County much of his life, lies buried in an old
abandoned cemetary outside of Bloomfield. The pictures I have seen of the
state of the cemetary make me very sad, but it disturbs me to think that
someday someone might be permitted to completley eliminate it and plunk a
parking lot on it. Remote? I don't know.
If any one is at all concerned, please click on the URL below, print out
and sign the petition. While I wouldn't normally use this list for any
political purpose, I thought this project was relevant to us all as Hoosier
genealogist and might interest some of you. An edited portion of the email
I received is below. Please note that to date there have been no signatures
from Jay County. Perhaps thats partially my fault for not imforming you
about the project earlier.
"The Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project (INPCRP) petitions
urging the Indiana General Assembly to act decisively to protect our
vanishing pioneer cemeteries are still streaming in. I want to thank all
of
you who ave taken the time to print out the Petition from the INPCRP
website
at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp.
Thought you might be interested in a current tally of the number of
signatures received so far. The total as of Tuesday evening, Jan. 5,
1999,
is 426, including 36 out-of-state signatures. The rest are from
Indiana residents.
The deadline for collecting and mailing in petition signatures has
been extended due
to the inclement weather this week in Indianapolis,
which has delayed the start of the 1999 Legislative Session.
We received word today that we should hear from our legislative
contact next week concerning an date and time for us to meet them to
discuss our
concerns. I'll keep you posted as that situation develops.
Thanks for caring about protecting Indiana's abandoned and neglected
pioneer
cemeteries."
Cheers!
Amy Campbell
USGENWEB Jay County Coordinator