I loved hearing first impressions and success stories.
The purpose of this email list is to share, good bad and the ugly.
Hopefully the ugly will be contained to tombstones problems.
Hey, a girl can hope. :-) We are passion about our craft.
I know we are doing good in our communities, even though it
is hard to see sometime and hard to see sometimes. Genealogist
are growing by leaps and bounds due to the internet and what is offered
today.
It has encouraged families to travel and find their ancestors. What they
find is sometimes hard to swallow. I believe it is the same way across
the country. Every state/county has poorly kept cemeteries and they
are disappearing. Change happens in most communities. Then farmers
are selling out to developers for strip malls and Wal-Mart's. The
ancestors would roll over if they knew.
What was that song from Jonnie Mitchell? They paved paradise to put up a
parking lot......
I am glad you shared this story and your tombstones were still there.
Glad you took an interest and stayed with the project.
I believe we provide a positive way to help anyone or groups
learn about the process of restoration..
Thank you for sharing your story Brad,
L.A. Clugh~ Tippecanoe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Renno" <brad(a)renno.org>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:09 AM
Subject: [INPCRP] Lindley Cemetery Restoration Ceremony Photos
I have posted a few pictures I took at the Lindley Cemetery,
Greentown,
<
http://www.renno.org/genealogy/Gravestones/Cemeteries/Lindley%20Cemetery.ht
m> The panoramic shot shows quite a few of the downed stones. The
cemetery
took damage not due to age about a year ago when it was vandalized.
Today the cemetery looks great due to the efforts of many volunteers
several
of which are on this recently proclaimed "conversation list". Good thing
for me that this list exists as I probably would not have know about the
ceremony or the efforts of Joan Wray, David Cox, Linda Grove and the many
others that assisted in the cleanup and restoration, many thanks to them
all. Just before the ceremony Joan & David were working on the Hugh
Willits
Proud to be a part of this 'conversation' group that does so
much, even if
I
don't converse upon it much or do a whole lot.
Brad Renno,
Fort Wayne, IN
This list is for sharing pioneer cemetery questions, ideas and restoration
projects.