Yvette Z. Robles

"There's a history to be told, but the picture is incomplete," said Yvette Robles, MTA community relations manager.

Robles said the MTA has run advertisements in Chinese media, both locally and abroad, announcing the discovery and asking readers and listeners to contact the MTA if they think they may have had relatives buried in the area.Images of the finds can be viewed online at www.metro.net/projects- programs/eastside/postcards.htm.

"I get a report once a week with five to seven communications through this effort.Nothing concrete," Robles said

One person in the US called with a credible lead, prompting further review by the MTA, but Robles declined to elaborate.
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Others have called to suggest an archaeologist to hire, Robles said.

Altogether, eight Chinese headstones and 14 burial bricks were found between about 60 centimeters and two meters underground.

"There's a history to be told, but the picture is incomplete," said Yvette Robles, MTA community relations manager.

Robles said the MTA has run advertisements in Chinese media, both locally and abroad, announcing the discovery and asking readers and listeners to contact the MTA if they think they may have had relatives buried in the area.Images of the finds can be viewed online at metro.net/projects programs/eastside/postcards.htm.

One person in the United States called with a credible lead, prompting further review by the MTA, but Robles declined to elaborate.

Yvette Z. Robles, Community Relations Manager

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Yvette Z. Robles, Community Relations Manager

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