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Our Mission is to:

Identify, Protect, Preserve and Restore Fayette County's Historic Cemeteries.

Identify
We seek to Identify the 200 + cemeteries located in Fayette County Kentucky and Identify each burial site, and have them included on the County's GIS mapping system.

Protect
Single out "threatened" cemeteries and work toward solutions that best serve the interest of all involved.

Preserve
Educate Developers, Property Owners, and local residents on best methods to protect graves.

Restore
Clean up brush, remove trees, clean stones, enlist volunteers for maintenance work, restore broken stones.


 

Have you found an ancestor listed on our website? Contact us and let us know! We love to hear success stories!

Are you still looking for an ancestor buried in Fayette County, KY? Contact us and let us know! We would love to help out!

We are continuing to locate more cemeteries, some of which have never been published! We also have historical and archival researchers on hand who could assist you!
Please let us know if there is any way we can help you fill your family tree!

 


"Show me the manner in which a
nation cares for its dead, and I
will measure with mathematical
exactness the tender mercies
of its people, their respect for the
laws of the land and their loyalty
to high ideals."

~William Gladstone

 

Upcoming Events and News:

Meeting:

Not Scheduled as of April 13 2009.
We will be meeting at the Lexington Public Library Downtown.
Free Parking is limited to 3 hours-- we will be done by then! Be sure to bring your parking ticket to get validated. There is handicap accessible parking in the garage.

Cemetery added to our list:
Independent Research Study at the
Old Union Christian Church Cemetery




Interesting site for researchers, also on our links page.

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