-=> Quoting Mike Powell to Nancy Backus on 08-23-19  20:23 <=-

 > Hopefully someone, either in the family or for some genealogy
 > organization, wrote down the inscriptions before they became illegible
 > and kept the record...

 MP> If they did, we are not aware of it.  I am guessing they could have
 MP> become illegible before my father was even born.

Possible... soft stone does weather quickly...

 > One hopes that the guy learned his lesson.... Is the law only to protect
 > tended graveyards, or does it apply to any cemetery...?

 MP> That is a good question.  I am not sure.  This one was tended,
 MP> although I worry that it might eventually not be as my distant cousin
 MP> is getting up in age and no one in my immediate family lives near
 MP> there. 

You might want to consider alerting a local history group or
genealogy/lineage society in the area that that graveyard exists... I'm
sure that they would welcome the information if they don't already know
about it... and they might be in a position to help protect it... 

ttyl      neb

... Help! I'm going through cherry cheesecake withdrawal.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20