You must have forgot Knox County, because I have not run into anybody here
who has heard from you.
From: "Regan-Dinius, Jeannie"
<JRdinius(a)dnr.state.in.us>
Reply-To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [INPCRP] Researching Cemeteries
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:50:50 -0500
Letters have been sent from the DNR to ALL Township Trustees, Auditors,
Recorders, County Commissioners, and Area Plan Commissions regarding the
recently passed laws. I am doing the best I can to let people know about
the laws while also trying to locate all of the cemeteries.
The best thing that everyone can do is be the local advocate. I can't
possibly know what construction project is happening everywhere in the
state, but the group can keep an eye on their areas.
When you see something that even might be illegal, contact me. I'll pass
the information onto the proper people in our office. The investigations
might go slow, but they do go. And results are happening across the state.
Once our Conservation Officers investigate and if an arrest is made, then
it
is up to the local prosecutor to take the case. So again, we need your
local advocacy. DNR does not prosecute, we only investigate.
If you have individual questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at
the office. I'll do my best to get the answers to your questions as
quickly
as possible. Our staff is busy, but we do care very much about cemeteries;
if we didn't we would not be in this field.
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Cemetery Registry Coordinator
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
317/232-1646
317/232-0693 (fax)
402 W. Washington Street RM W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204
-----Original Message-----
From: Jb502000(a)aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:57 PM
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Researching Cemeteries
In a message dated 10/30/01 7:56:53 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cherokee(a)shelbynet.net writes:
> cherokee(a)shelbynet.net (Christine West)
>
Chris,
The point I have been making is that, when a developer goes before the
County
or City Zoning Boards Who, or how does the Board know if a cemetery is on
the
property under consideration. If they approve a Development without being
told one way or another, they could approve a Project and the Individual,
or
Developer could pull up the stones, and regardless if you have it recorded
or
not, it can be destroyed before anyone realized it.
Once the Building has been built, or the Ground moved the
Developers will continue to plead Ignorance of the Law. So if they destroy
the cemetery, all that can be done is slap the wrist of the individual. A
Small fine is a cheap price to pay, but the Cemetery is Gone. Someone has
to
be responsible for asking a very simple question, "Is there a Cemetery,
Graveyard, or Burial Site on this property. I have been to meetings lately
and no one mentions cemeteries. In Floyd Co. our Zoning Board is aware of
this, because I told Them. But they still don't ask the Developer That one
simple question.
Sorry if my Disgust is showing thru. I do not think my
responsibility is to go to every meeting and keep reminding them. Copies of
the Law should be Sent to every Zoning Board, City and County in Indiana,
by
the DNR and make it an official notification. I shouldn't have to be a
watch
Dog for the Zoning Boards. Anyone that is not having Cemeteries moved or
destroyed like Lois and I, here in Clark and Floyd Counties may not have
much sympathy for us, but it can happen anywhere sooner than Later. Chris
ask
your Local Zoning board if they know about the Present Cemetery Laws.
Jack E. Briles Sr.
Floyd County PCRP Coordinator
Po Box 444
New Albany, In. 47151-0444
(812) 282-6585
Fax (812) 282-6585
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