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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

National Park Service - Preservation Briefs 48 - Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries

PRESERVATION BRIEFS  48

"Preserving Grave Markers in Historic Cemeteries"

Mary F. Striegel, Frances Gale, Jason Church and Debbie Dietrich-Smith
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/preserving-grave-markers-in-historic-cemeteries-preservation-brief-48.htm




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