This last Sat. I called my 11 year old grandson to go with me to a
cemetery while I finished walking it and recording (snip)
Hello,
I have wondered what other people do in this same situation. My sister
and I
have several cemeterys that we are indexing for the Hancock County
Genealogy
Society (IN). Some of the stones are laying face up over the grave
site and are
covered with dirt and mud. Do we leave them as they are and possibly
risk them
sinking farther into the earth or do we clean them off and pull them
up out of
their little "pocket"? We are afraid if we move them to far, they will
not be on
the right plot. We are also concerned that a stone may break as we try
to lift
it up, and then, have we done more harm than good? We are also
concerned that
passer-by people may see us and get the idea that we are taking the
stones for
re-sale and that they could come back another time to do the same. We
did have a
Sheriff stop by at one site. We showed him our notebook and he was
satisfied we
were O.K. What do you on the list suggest? How far should we go when
our intent
is to record the Cemetery? I will wait for your answers.
Thanks, Joni in Indy