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From: "Kemis Massey" <>
Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] HARLEM VALLEY PSYCH. HOSPITAL CEMETARIES
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:25:20 -0400
References: <MB06VjCRGryWtIIZS2T00001f3f@MB06.myfamilysouth.com>


wrote:

HELLO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INFORM ANYONE WHO HAS A RELATIVE WHO WAS BURIED ON THE GROUNDS OF HARLEM VALLEY STATE HOSPITAL THAT THERE ARE OVER 800 PATIENTS BURIED ON THE GROUNDS IN TWO CEMETARIES. THESE CEMETARIES HAVE BEEN LEFT TO RUIN. FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO DISCOVER WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR RELATIVES THIS IS A SHAME. THESE GRAVE SITES ARE ALMOST TOTALLY OVERGROWN. MOST HAVE NUMBERED MARKERS. IF ANYONE SEEKS MORE INFO. PLEASE CONTACT ME. THE CEMETARIES NEED TO BE RESTORED. I WAS ABLE TO GET INFO. REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ON A DECEASED RELATIVE. THEY DESERVE A DIGNIFIED RESTING PLACE-IN A FEW YEARS, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE HOSPITAL EXISTED AS IT IS BEING REDEVELOPED.

First, I don't know where my grandmother was buried. However, if you would contact me privately, I'd be willing to share what we've done on a similiar situation. Clapp Factory Cemetary in Columbus (Muscogee County) GA.

Happy Family Hunting,
kemis massey


Researching:
for hubbie: MASSEY, BROOKS, FOUNTAIN, SMITH
for me: SONGER, CAMP, EVANS, ROSAMOND
Sobby Genealogy http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sobbygenealogy/

for preservation: CLAPP Cemetery, Community, Factory, and Families - Muscogee County
for GAGen Web Project: any info (county, family, history, industry) on:
Chattahoochee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gachatta/index.htm
Clayton County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclayt2/index.htm
Muscogee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamuscog/

for AHPG Project: any info (county, family, history, industry) on:
Clayton County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclayto/



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