Hi Don,
Thanks for your input; you bring up several good points.
In my opinion, and I can only speak for myself, an Indiana cemetery that has
within its boundaries a section or sections that include the graves of
Indiana pioneers should be considered an Indiana Pioneer Cemetery.
For this to even be considered a variation of the definition, then it
becomes important to understand what an Indiana Pioneer is?
Again, it's probably better to err on the side of caution and create a
definition in the broadest reasonable terms so that little is left to
reconsider. And, because this really isn't a legal definition anyway, it
seems as you suggest that it can be easily modified if necessary.
Regards,
Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
4338 Hadley Court
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Office: (765) 464-8735
Mobile: (765) 427-4082
www.har-indy.com
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From: "crfordy" <crfordy(a)comcast.net>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] INPCRP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 91
In trying to define a Pioneer Cemetry, on the list, I mostly see
what
defines a Pioneer discussed instead of the Cemetery they might be interred
within. I realize that the two are intertwined, but there seem to be fewer
Cemeteries than Pioneers so in my mind I think establishing the dates of
the
Cemetery would be important. If one were to find a burial from lets say
1957
interred within the Pioneer Cemetery, would we just let the weeds grow
there? By the same token if we found that a Cemetery was established in
1957
to contain the reburials of a pioneer Cemetery established in 1847, that
was
moved due to whatever, would we just consider that a modern Cemetery and
not
keep it up? There will have to be exceptions to any provisions and there
has
to be a way that exceptions are added later as they will come up. Even the
Indiana Pioneers Society have made revisions. They used to have (a few
years
ago)each county defined by date and some did not qualify due to their
development dates. They now have a broader rule and fewer exceptions.
If exceptions are made in the future, as I am sure they will, who will
make
them? Since the state is not defining Pioneer Cemeteries, I am not sure
they
will be making exceptions either.
I throw these thoughts out there to be considered in the discussion. I can
define my own family as Pioneers through documentation, but others may not
be able to, for some the Cemetery may be their only clue that there
relative
was even in Indiana.
Don Huffman
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projects.
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