[Louisiana Cemeteries] Re: What other questions should be addressed with the relocation of nine cemeteries?
- From: Louisiana Cemeteries <louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Post RootsWeb <la-cemetery-preservation@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:28:48 -0700 (PDT)
Hello,
Thank you for your questions about the 9 cemeteries involved in the Washington
Parish reservior construction.
The
list of cemeteries is posted on the wikispace and is originally from
the Bogalusa Bulletin Board discussions concerning the Reservior AND
from The Daily News article published on April 11, 2008 by John Walker.
You can read a copy of the article yourself at the wiki at this URL
http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/3698839.
Louisiana Cemetery Preservation Wiki and Blog
http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com
If
you know of anyone who would like to become a member of the wiki or the
blog, please email louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxx before July 24, 2008.
The wiki-master will not be available to after July 24, 2008 for an
indetermined amount of time. You may also request membership from the
wiki home page. The home page has a discussion tab to the right where
all discussions about Louisiana Cemeteries are posted.
A simple Google "Louisiana aquifer USGS" will yeild appropriate documentation
from 2002 of this issue.
Planning
NOW for the RELOCATION of the nine-cemeteries in question is IMPERATIVE
to the preservation of local history. This is going to require the
community to become actively involved in efforts. More information can
be found on the volunteer page at the Louisiana Cemetery Preservation
wiki.
http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com/Volunteer
Sincerely,
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
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Louisiana Cemeteries
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URL's
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THREADS
LALGHS
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LA-LGHS/2008-07/1215691316
LAWASHIN
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAWASHIN/2008-07/1215696696
--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Gigi Tanksley <gigitanksley@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Gigi Tanksley <gigitanksley@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [LAWASHIN] [LA-LHGS]What other questions should be addressed with
the relocation of nine cemeteries?
To: louisianagenealogyblogs@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 5:48 PM
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Hi,
I spoke yesterday by phone with my Aunt who lives in Washington Parish and has
lived there her entire life. I asked which cemeteries were going to be
impacted.
She said that there were only two that she was aware of and wondered where
the list of cemeteries involved came from. I am wondering the same thing?
How was the list made?
She also said that this is a hot topic for the Parish. She is almost 80 y/o
and says this about the entire situation.
"There is plenty of water to be had here. This seems to be people who want
a recreation area for fishing and boating."
Just thought this was worth throwing out there.
Gigi
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:39:03 -0700
> From: louisianagenealogyblogs@xxxxxxxxx
>
To: lawashin@xxxxxxxxxxxx; LA-CEMETERIES@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
la-lghs@xxxxxxxxxxxx; louisianacemeteries@xxxxxxxxx;
lasavinggraves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; LOUISIANA-ROOTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> Subject: Re: [LAWASHIN] [LA-LHGS]What other questions should be addressed
> with the relocation of nine cemeteries?
>
>
>
> Thank you all for your participation
> and input. There is still time to bring these questions to the USACE
> Vicksburg District before the Draft EIS is published in September 2008.
>
> Will the proposed action and the Draft EIS discuss the long-term
> plan for the preservation of the nine historical cemeteries affected?Has
> the State of Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism,
> Louisiana Unmarked Burial Sites Board been notified of the proposed
> action and the Draft EIS?Will local historians, genealogist,
> archaeologists and Save Our Cemeteries offer impact statements
> concerning the nine cemeteries affected?What other
cemeteries
> in Louisiana have been relocated and where can I find more information
> about the process of relocating a cemetery? It appears that 9
> cemeteries in Washington Parish will be affected and possibly relocated
> due to a reservior project.
> Can anyone think of any other
> obvious questions that should be addressed with the likelihood of nine
> cemeteries requiring relocation?
>
>
> Thread from LA LGHS follows:
>
> From: "Bobbie Mayers"
> <DisplayMail('turner-industries.com','bmayers');bmayers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I guess since this is still up in the air, I really believe that
> someone should be paid to make the historical information available to
> the public. I feel none of the cemeteries should be moved without the
> documentation being complete on any information known about the
> cemeteries. I feel like we
are losing major genealogical research
> material by allowing these cemeteries to be moved? Am I the only one
> that feels this way? I realize this is a huge undertaking, but I feel
> all need to be documented ASAP."
>
> AND
>
> From: "Ethel S."
> <DisplayMail('centurytel.net','paulsacker');paulsacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> "Ethel wrote: "...In
> my area, (SW LA), a small cemetery had to be moved due to widening of
> the highway (progress! ). The State did the moving of the graves, and
> relocating them to another cemetery in the same community. Some family
> members were present during the transfer; and everything worked out
> just fine. It is now a far better situation, with perpetual care of the
> graves. I, myself, read all the graves before the removal, although
> this had previously been done.
>
>
> The graves are now a part of
another cemetery, and that one has also been recorded, before and after.
>
>
>
The important thing is to have a record, and to know where the graves
will be placed, and to make that information available.
>
>
> Ethel Sacker."
>
>
>
>
>
> What is the name of the cemetery that was relocated in Southwest Louisiana
> due to road construction?
>
>
>
> In what way did the State assist? Did they oversee it? Did they pay for
> it? Were there any unmarked graves found?
>
> >From the LAWASHIN list follows:
>
> From: michelle zenner
> <DisplayMail('yahoo.com','michellezenner');michellezenner@xxxxxxxxx>
> "Does anyone know the specific locations of the cemeteries in question?
>
>
>
> Unless someone can volunteer to get specific data - GIS GPS locations
> of this "unnamed"
and "Smith" cemeteries it isn't likely that
> transcriptions can be researched; that's if they exist. Local names
> and USGS names differ and oftentimes USGS does not have a name variant
> - especially for "unknown"."
>
> The list of cemteries came from the Louisiana Cemetery Preservation wiki
>
> >
>
> > http://louisianacemeteries.wikispaces.com - a public wiki
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Endangered List Saving Graves
>
> >
>
> > Lea
>
> >
>
> > Endangered by Reservoir Construction
>
> >
>
> > Rester
>
> > Jenkins
>
> > Mack Magee
>
> > Sheridan
>
> > Oak Grove
>
> > Thigpen
>
> > Unnamed
>
> > Smith
>
> >
>
>
> The transcriptions for these cemeteries are available at the
> following URL, where contact information is available for the
> transcriptionist of that cemetery.
>
> >
>
> > http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/washington/cemeteries/
>
> >
>
> > List of cemeteries in Washington Parish with 2002 email addresses for the
> > transcriptionists.
>
> >
>
> > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lawpvcm/0alpha.html
>
> >
>
>
> http://louisianagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/group-think-tank-what-other-questions.html
>
> The
> beginning thread was also posted to the LA-CEMETERIES, LAWASHIN, and
> LOUISIANA-L mailing lists in addition to the LA CEMETERY PRESERVATION
> mailing lists on RootsWeb, the Louisiana Cemetery Preservation Blog and
> Louisiana Genealogy Blog @ Blogger.
>
>
>
> Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
> louisianagenealogyblogs@xxxxxxxxx
> http://louisianagenealogyblog.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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