Since many list members travel extensively I thought that this request
was appropriate.  I am involved in a research project on roadside
memorials, i.e., the white crosses and other items placed at the site of
a fatal accident.  I would appreciate your comments and reflections on
these.  Are they found in some states more than others? Do you notice
them?  How old is this custom? If you have comments on these and similar
questions please send them to me off list.  I would very much like your
help in identifying and contacting people who have themselves
participated in the construction of such memorials or who have friends
or family so memorialized.  My contact information is:  Clayton L.
McNearney, Department of Religious Studies, Marshall University,
Huntington, West Virginia.  mcnearne@marshall.edu, Phone is (304)696
4641   Thanks.