June 20, 2002

Karen Dyer of "Saving Graves" has kindly sent permission for me to copy her fine introduction to the "Saving Graves" web site, as follows:

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"We welcome you to examine the various aspects of  this site.  Our cemeteries have a wealth of information and for that reason we need to preserve the history that lays beyond the gates of forgotten and neglected grave yards.  We need to protect the final resting place of loved ones gone before us.

We urge you to read the information contained here and become involved in saving these precious historical cemeteries.

If you have never walked through an old or historic cemetery, I urge you to do so.  As in the case of one of our  historic cemeteries your mind will picture a man being bitten by a rattlesnake as he crossed a stream.  Perhaps your mind will cause you to feel emotion as you read about the young mother and baby who both died during childbirth in 1851.

Read these stones my friend and you will understand why these pages are here.  We can not let our historic cemeteries fall to the hands of vandals, neglect, uncaring cities and counties and, yes, the greedy organizations and business owners who want to build roads and other structures over the graves of  "your" ancestors.

If you know of a cemetery in your area that sounds like those listed in the previous paragraph, then I strongly urge you to fill out a report form [see the web site] with Saving Graves so we can address the matter.

Karen Dyer, Coordinator,  Saving Graves California"

CA Saving Graves
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/
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Historic Cemeteries of Nevada Co., CA
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~historic/

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Thank you, Karen.

-Jim
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