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From: "Mel" <>
Subject: Re: [MD-CEM] Destroyed Family farm cemetery
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:01:49 -0800
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I think I would contact the County Attorney for that area and tell him what
is happening. I don't think cemeteries are suposed to be disturbed untill at
least 100 years after the last interment.
Keep in mind I am not a lawyer I am just saying I would check into the
matter futher.
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: [MD-CEM] Destroyed Family farm cemetery


> HI,
> I just got news today that the family cemetery was cleared out and the
> tombstones broken. I was just down there this past summer and it was
really
> overgrown and hard to walk through and a group of us was going to go clear
it out
> after the holidays. A cousin called me today and said he had drove past
there
> yesterday and notice it was completely cleared out so he stopped to look
and
> said the headstones were laying on the ground broken up. He could only
read 2
> of them and the rest were in pieces.
> I was wondering if anyone could give me any ideas about what I can do
to
> get the headstones out of there and save what is left of them. Or any
steps I
> can take to get them moved. One of the readable headstones was my 3rd
> ggrandmother. I hate to see it disposed of. Destroyed
> Thanks for any assistance
> Lynn Smith
>
>
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