Thanks for sharing that thought. I am sure most people aren't aware of that. Jan Mark your calendar NOW.  Open House at the dig will be August 13 & 14,...
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larry friedman
flarue
Nov 9, 2011 9:44 pm
If you can't donate food cash or time is nice.The greater Chicago Food depository can buy $3.00 worth of food for every $1.00 donated ... From: purpleladymom...
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purpleladymom
Nov 9, 2011 9:27 pm
I know this doesn't pertain to any cemetery, but I challenge you to do something. As our local food banks are totally stressed for donations and winter is...
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larry friedman
flarue
Oct 21, 2011 5:33 pm
If there are funds in the perpetual care trust wouldn't that handle re burial and fixing the graves ? Or some other kind of insurance policy ? ... From:...
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lbugmom499
Oct 21, 2011 5:13 pm
Des Moines Register Des Moines, Iowa Oct. 19, 2011 Graveyard gives up bones as age, erosion take toll (Photo in photo album a the left. There's a 2nd photo of...
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purpleladymom
Oct 10, 2011 6:34 pm
Are any of our members near Millburg or Watervliet, Michigan? I have received a request for photos from this cemetery however, I live in Niles. If someone...
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purpleladymom
Oct 10, 2011 6:34 pm
We still don't know why the marker was moved there, and we probably never will, but we did find the cemetery where she was interred and have located at least 2...
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Janet Personette
purpleladymom
Oct 7, 2011 8:25 pm
Here is a bit of an update on the story. http://www.nilesstar.com/2011/10/06/tombstone-identify-case-cracked/This morning a living relative of Jane went to...
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Dave Leonard
the_hurdy_gu...
Oct 7, 2011 2:24 pm
That was cool! Â The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, ________________________________ From: purpleladymom <purpleladymom@...> To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com ...
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purpleladymom
Oct 7, 2011 3:02 am
Interesting story about a tombstone here in Niles, Mich. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/10/06/dnt-tombstone-in-yard.wndu...
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purpleladymom
Sep 17, 2011 1:21 pm
Recently I have had some questions from other about restoration of damaged markers. These following websites have good guidelines, procedures and recipes for...
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Janet Personette
purpleladymom
Jul 7, 2011 11:03 pm
Can you send a photo of the headstone before I give you some ideas? Friends of Silverbrook cemetery does many of the headstones there. Jan Mark your...
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sarah_cat75
Jul 3, 2011 5:49 pm
Hello Everyone... I too have noticed that the group was very quiet.... Â Does anyone have any tips on cleaning headstones?? Thanks, Sarah Hello Everyone... I...
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PEGGY FITZPATRICK
g1p2fitzp...
Jul 3, 2011 12:25 am
Hi, happy fourth Any info to share on those Illinois graveyards? Shelbyville, Charleston and Mattoon? Remember the Lessley Cemetery in Houston which you...
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Matt Hucke
mattchicago
Jul 2, 2011 1:35 pm
... Yes, but there hasn't been much activity here; I think most of the discussion is happening on the web sites and facebook pages of various graveyard...
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purpleladymom
Jul 2, 2011 1:34 pm
For those doing PA research, here is an interesting link. http://mapsofpa.com/earlycountymaps...
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phantasm610
Jul 2, 2011 12:59 pm
Hello- i was just wondering if this group is still going.Scott...
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Jennifer
pimpsterque999
Oct 17, 2010 8:05 pm
Did he have a daughter named debbie? If so i believe this person lived in wataga illinois for many years. He had a relative possibly grandson named daniel...
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vickie0213@...
vickie0213
Oct 17, 2010 5:17 pm
I am a user of Find a Grave! This is a wonderful site for researching,searching and posting to memorials.Thank you for sharing the other search sites! If I...
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purpleladymom
Oct 17, 2010 1:43 am
You will know that I am a sort of novice at this stuff because I am sure that you will know about these sites. They gave us some interesting sites to check...
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Bill Gholson
wmt5180@...
Jul 25, 2010 3:41 pm
Two many laws for the people. Enforce what we have. Do not babyfy the youth. The filth that do these things are real lucky a family member of the deceased...
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linda.lathrop @ yahoo...
linda.lathrop
Jul 25, 2010 6:53 am
Just makes me sick. This has happened to a pioneer cemetery in OR that I am on the Board for. I sure don't remember this ever happening when I was a kid... ...
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Sharon Becker
lbugmom499
Jul 24, 2010 11:04 pm
Thought I'd share this. From Mason City Iowa's newspaper. I had photographed some of the gravestones, meaning to get back there and finish when cooler weather...
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Jennifer
pimpsterque999
Jul 14, 2010 9:02 pm
Im 36 i remember being fasinated with cemetaries as a child but never destructive. The curiosity of ghosts and the dead but we would never destroy belongs that...
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Bill Piper
rxfiendrxfiend
Jul 14, 2010 8:42 pm
To be fair, young people of past generations done the same thing. From: jim247@... Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:34 PM To:...
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jim247@...
jim247...
Jul 14, 2010 8:36 pm
Yes .It is very sad ... From: Nancy Heck <hecknl@...> Subject: Re: [MidwestCemeteries] Vandalizing To: MidwestCemeteries@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday,...
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Nancy Heck
hecknl
Jul 14, 2010 6:46 pm
How sad that our young people have no regard for the sacred grounds of our ancestors....
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JamesS
jim247...
Jul 13, 2010 1:17 am
One of the Cemeteries I'm in Charge of is no longer used as Vandals knocked over stones and even stole some so we have no records of where the stones go so we...
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adgorn1
Jun 30, 2010 6:25 pm
from http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=robert-troost&pid=143854254&fhid=2066 Robert "Bob" Troost, 73, of Oak Brook, IL, beloved...
