Susan Campbell has written an article, Cataloging Gravestones An Expression Of Their Faith, in The Hartford Courant (CT), about a couple of ladies doing some community service - namely documenting and measuring cemeteries that haven’t had such work done to them in 70 years. These kinds of projects will be a boon to future genealogists, it’s just a shame that there are countless cemeteries that haven’t been documented yet.

Joanne Huist Smith has a sad story in the Dayton Daily News, Volunteer who worked for years to restore cemetery finds it vandalized (subscription maybe required), about the restored Kerr and Drill pioneer cemeteries having nearly every one of their 50 or so headstones destroyed. Most of the graves date from 1835 - 1874. If you are in the Dayton, Ohio area and would like to help out, they are looking for any and all help.

You can contact Lisa O’Hearn at (937) 546-6005 - I believe that is the correct area code.

In the Denver Post, Sheba Wheeler writes about the historical gold mine for genealogists that has turned up as a result of the research by the Black Genealogy Search Group of Denver, concerning The Riverside Cemetery (Rootsweb website). They researched 86,000 burial cards that go back to the 1870s.

There is an interesting article by John Andrew Prime in The Shreveport Times (LA) about an unsolved murder mystery, and how fast information started pouring in from genealogists and others looking to help Dale Nicholson solve the mystery surrounding his grandfather. Dale is hoping to find his grave, so that his mother can place a tombstone on the grave.

The Repository, Canton Ohio, has an article by Eddie Pritchard about efforts being made to track down and clean up Stark County’s cemeteries, as well as establishing contacts for each one. If you are from that area and want to help, you may want to read the article and get in touch with some of those mentioned.

Cyndi Brown has a column in The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC), Georgetown honors its history, heroes, about the Georgetown Renaissance Community Association working to clean up a cemetery that has 10 generations buried in it.

There is an article in The Reporter (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin), by Andrew Hellpap, Genealogical Society explores FdL cemetery, about a local genealogy society giving a hands-on tour to its members of one of the largest area cemeteries - the Rienzi Cemetery (30,000+ people)

If you are doing research about ancestors that lived in Arkansas, or have some kind of Arkansas connection, you may want to visit ArkansasTies.com.