I know you asked for Indiana updates, but I thought I would toss out my info
anyway. I am from way up north, Berrien County, MI. The Berrien County
Genealogical Society will be hosting its first County wide Cemetery
Preservation workshop in March. We have around 100 cemeteries throughout the
county, a lot of them are old ones, left standing on private land.
We are still doing our research; lots of reading, locating the cemeteries
and lots of prep work, we hope that by focusing on the whole county we will
be able to get enough volunteers to make this dream come true.
Our intent is to contact all the county, townships, churches, private
organizations, youth groups, schools, historical organizations and civic
groups. the list is growing by the minute.
I know not to expect a great deal at the beginning, but we are focusing on
at least a 5 year intro period.
Cindy L (Skiles) Frie
"SkiFri"
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris McHenry <cmchenry(a)seidata.com>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] What are your plans for FALL?
In Dearborn we plan to get our new Cemetery Commission formally
organized,
and we think we'll be starting by finding out which of our cemeteries are
currently receiving care, and who is doing it (township, church,
volunteers,
etc.) That way we'll have an idea of what needs to be done.
Members of our
informal cemetery preservation committee are wandering the back roads with
their GPS devices recording cemeteries for DNR and several of us will be
at
the October 6 workshop with lots of questions. Chris McHenry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk(a)home.com>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:29 PM
Subject: [INPCRP] What are your plans for FALL?
> We used to have monthly roll calls, asking everyone to update us on
their
> plans and achievments? We haven't done that in ages.
>
> What do you say we post messages to the group letting everyone know
about
> your Indiana cemetery work, whether it's finding them,
cleaning them,
> restoring them, etc., either what you've accomplished in the last six
months
> or your goals for the coming six months.
>
> Lois
>
>
>
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> THIS IS A CEMETERY -----
> "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families
> are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is
> undisguised. This is a cemetery.
> "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence,
> historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched.
> "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved
> in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life -
> not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family
> memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living.
> "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of
> yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery
> exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always."
> --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union,
IA
>
>
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