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If it's DNA of ancestors, you will still need a permit to do so.
Otherwise it is quite illegal.
Lyle Browning
On Jun 2, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Anita Wills wrote:
> Yep. That is about where we are right now. I just take it for what
> it is since he is the owner of the property where they are buried.
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> Anita
>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:45:57 -0700
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Va. Law on visiting rights to a cemetery
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> I would read this to mean that he is willing to allow you access to
>> the grave but not the digging up of the remains to do a DNA test.
>> Maybe I'm reading too much into this though.
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>> Ed Swan
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>>> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:25:29 -0700> From: [log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Va. Law on visiting rights to a cemetery>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]> > I am very interested in this
>>> topic, as my ancestors are buried in graves throughout Virginia.
>>> One of the graves is located on private property, and the owner
>>> has given me access one time. However, he told me that he would
>>> not allow me access to the remains of those buried in the grave on
>>> his property. So my question is what right does he have to the
>>> remains of my ancestors? I would like to have a ceremony and
>>> consecrate the grave. There are slaves and Native Americans buried
>>> in the grave, which is not even marked off. > > Anita Wills >
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