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From: "Barbara King" <>
Subject: Re: [TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION] historical designation question
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:59:07 -0500
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We just have a small family cemetery. It's really old. My gggrandfather was
buried there about 1875. It's not overgrown and its not abandoned. There are
probably 20-30 graves there, with only about 10 of them marked. How in the
world could you make a 5-10 page research paper (with footnotes and
bibliography) out of that?
Barbara King
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Subject: Re: [TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION] historical designation question
> Just back from the Angelina College Genealogy Conference so thought I'd
try
> to answer this. YES, an individual or group must pay for the marker.
State
> funds are simply not there for this, and I'm not sure how we'd administer
funds
> to all 254 Texas counties if we had them ... especially when a county like
> Harris has so many (well over 400).
>
> The HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY designation is one that all of us should seek
for
> the historic cemeteries in our individual counties .. by finding the
family
> or association or other 'owner,' and asking them to make the application.
If
> private funds are not available, then go for grants - or to an
organization
> (lineage, lodge, genealogical, historical, etc.) that have burials there.
To apply
> the cost is $25 - additional if a medallion or interpretive plaque is
> requested (several sizes).
>
> All applications must go through the county historical commission --- we
work
> under the umbrella of the Texas Historical Commission in Austin. Local
> commissions are there to help individuals understand the process and to
help them
> with the documented historical narrative if need be. If the application
> by-passes the local commission - as sometimes it does - it still is sent
back for the
> county ... so save time and proceed there first.
>
> Anyone who is interested in the Historic Texas Cemetery designation should
go
> to
> http://www.thc.state.tx.us/cemeteries/cemdefault.html From here you will
see
> all sorts of areas to go into to ... including the application. While the
> application calls for a minimum one page historical narrative, I feel this
is
> not acceptable. In order to give a definitive 1-1/2 space narrative with
> footnotes and bibliography, I do not see how it can be done in less that
5-10 pages.
> So please give enough to make it a good research source for others.
>
> The major need all over Texas is probably an interested party that will
take
> on the restoration and preservation and will continue long-term. There is
> very little value in going in and cleaning it up one day and then walking
away
> only to let it grow up again.
>
> If I can answer any other questions, I'll be happy to do so or refer you
to
> someone who can be of assistance to you.
>
> Trevia Wooster Beverly
> Secretary, Harris County Historical Commission
> Member, Texas Cemetery Summit (THC)
>
>
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