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From: "Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen" <>
Subject: Re: [MD-CEM] RE: Damaged cemetery PHOTOS
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:25:35 -0800
References: <20031226231447.21945.qmail@web20421.mail.yahoo.com>


I've enjoyed following these messages. We have a family cemetery in
Maryland that was being taken over by a landfill company and are in the
midst of having these many bodies etc removed and hopefully entombed once
again in an "untouchable" location. This has been in the newspapers back
there also for nearly 5 years now and one of the men who most likely is
buried there was a Revolutionary War soldier and owner of the land in 1794.
Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathi Jones-Hudson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MD-CEM] RE: Damaged cemetery PHOTOS


> Dee:
>
> Under Maryland law the property owners cannot remove
> the tombstones, go check the Coalition to Protect MD's
> Burial Sites, under applicable laws. All sorts of
> permissions, etc., must be secured before moving any
> tombstones ... including descendants/family members.
>
> Also from looking at the condition of the headstones,
> I'd say you probably should not make rubbings.
> Tombstone rubbings are discouraged by the Association
> for Gravestone Studies unless the tombstone is in
> excellcent condition. It is very easy to harm a stone
> by a rubbing.
>
http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm#Some%20Gravestone%20Rubbings%20Dos%
20and%20Don'ts
>
> Also check their suggestions for the correct method(s)
> of cleaning and restoring damaged tombstones.
>
> =====
> Kathi Jones-Hudson
> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland.html
>
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