----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline" <carolineh@knology.net> To: <AL-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: [AL-CEM] ALABAMA CEMETERIES CONFERENCE > Please don't refer questions to me - I'm just the "messenger" :) Caroline > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cin" <bamahart@airmail.net> > To: <ALMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:08 PM > Subject: [ALMONTGO-L] ALABAMA CEMETERIES Important EVENT! > > > > Dear friends and fellow researchers, > > > > Important event! PRESERVING ALABAMA'S CEMETERIES - WORKSHOP AND > CONFERENCE! > > > > Subjects covered: > > > > "Effective Cemetery Laws and Legal Actions" > > Cemetery Workshop and Conference - Nov. 1, 2003 > > > > Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance (ACPA) Membership > > > > ACPA Web Site - NEW! > > > > Become an ACPA County Representative! > > > > Please read this entire message - there is important information all > > the way to the bottom for everyone! > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "Effective Cemetery Laws and Legal Actions" > > and Cemetery Workshop > > Sponsored by: > > The Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance > > The Alabama Historical Commission > > The Montgomery Genealogical Society, Inc > > The Alabama Preservation Alliance > > > > Date: Saturday November 1, 2003 > > Time: 9:30a.m. -3:30p.m. > > Place: Alabama Archives Auditorium > > 624 Washington Avenue > > Montgomery, Alabama > > > > Important Event: If you missed the cemetery workshop last November, > > don't overlook this important follow-up event!! Preservationists, > > historians, > > genealogists, legal advisors, county and state officials are > > scheduled to participate in workshop presentations and panels on > > Alabama cemetery laws and legal actions that YOU can take to preserve > > your family, town or county cemetery. Help us improve and enforce > > the laws - attend the workshop, join the ACPA and show your support. > > Also on the workshop agenda (not to be missed) - a Monument Repair > > Specialist will answer your questions about what to do and NOT to do > > in repairing your ancestors' broken markers. Photographs of "before" > > and "after" work conducted in both remote rural sites and city > > cemeteries will be shown. > > Registration: Cemetery Workshop with lunch-$25, without lunch $20. > > ACPA members Cemetery Workshop with lunch-$15, without lunch-$10. Fee > > includes a box lunch, complimentary morning refreshments, door prizes > > and more. County/cemetery/history/genealogy books will be available > > for purchase during workshop (inquire if you would like space for > > your society or books). You'll even have time for research in the > > reference room before the Archives closes at 5:00 p.m. Send > > registration and check payable to: ACPA Cemetery Workshop, P. O. Box > > 230194, Montgomery, AL 36123-0194 (or pay by PayPal). For further > > information, email Joyce Nicoll, the President of ACPA: > > > > Email: alabama79@att.net > > > > REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 24, 2003. > > > > PAYPAL NOW AVAILABLE: If you would like to register and pay by credit > > card, the ACPA is now set up to receive Cemetery Workshop Conference > > fees, and ACPA Membership dues through PayPal. If you are already > > familiar with PayPal and wish to make use of this convenient service > > when sending in your Conference fees and/or ACPA Membership fees, > > please email me directly and I will send you brief and easy > > instructions (my email address are at the bottom of the page). PayPal > > is one of the most secure methods of making credit card payments over > > the Internet and accepts several different cards (MasterCard/Visa, > > AmX, Discover and eCHECK). If you have not used PayPal before and > > would like to check it out, please go to http://www.paypal.com. > > (There is no cost to you to sign up.) Then email me for the PayPal > > account info to make a payment. > > > > If you would like me to send you a flyer all about the Cemetery > > Workshop Conference (PDF), and/or an ACPA Membership form (PDF) (no > > obligation to join if you wish to receive the form), (see bottom of > > page for may email addresses). If you do not have the ability to read > > a PDF file, you can download a FREE Acrobat Reader to view PDF's for > > either PC or MAC from > > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html You may also > > send in membership fees through PayPal and mail in a print-out copy > > of the completed form (address is on the form). We are working on an > > on-line membership form that can be completed and sent in over the > > Internet, but it is not quite ready. > > > > ACPA WEB SITE! We are in the process of building a wonderful web site > > for the ACPA, which will debut in a presentation at the Cemetery > > Workshop/Conference on Nov. 1. This site will be dedicated to sharing > > all kinds of material on PRESERVING, RESTORING AND CONSERVING Alabama > > Cemeteries. It is CHOCK-FULL of all kinds of GREAT things. Many of > > Alabama's cemeteries are being lost to the elements of mother nature, > > neglect and vandalism. The ACPA is working "hand in hand" with the > > Alabama Historical Commission to make sure that you have all the > > information you need to help preserve Alabama's Cemetery Heritage. > > One of the main missions of the ACPA is to encourage individuals, > > families and community groups to ADOPT a cemetery and take steps to > > help restore and preserve it. Issues on monument theft and vandalism > > are covered, as well as steps to take to ADOPT a cemetery. The site > > will have articles and "step by step" instructions, not only on the > > techniques of preserving and repairing cemeteries and grave markers, > > but also on the processes of establishing a non-profit Cemetery > > Association in Alabama, including by-laws, Articles of Association, > > and how and who to submit these to, so you can preserve your > > cemeteries for all time. Much of this information may be adapted to > > cemetery plights throughout the nation. Also a section on the Alabama > > Legal Code pertaining to laws that address the protection of > > cemeteries. AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, the ACPA has established an on-line > > CEMETERY REGISTER - A method/form for you to REGISTER cemeteries and > > burial surveys with the ACPA ON-LINE!. These REGISTERED Cemeteries > > will be recorded in the ACPA database, not only as a method to > > document them, but will be accompanied by a searchable database, so > > the guests to the ACPA web site may search cemeteries by name and > > county. It is the goal of the ACPA to REGISTER every cemetery in the > > state of Alabama. Once you register a cemetery, you may return to > > your original registration and up-date it with additional information > > as you discover it. We will also have a BURIAL LISTING database that > > will allow individuals to submit their cemetery burial surveys, also > > searchable by name, cemetery and county. ALL OF THIS will be > > presented at the Alabama Cemetery Workshop Conference on Nov. 1. > > Meanwhile, please visit the site and sign our GUESTBOOK to be > > notified when the full site will be fully operable and to receive > > further information about the Conference and ACPA Membership. > > http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com or http://www.alcpa.net > > > > LAST BUT NOT LEAST! become an ACPA COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE! The ACPA is > > establishing a County Representative to act as a liaison for the ACPA > > in each County. We have JUST opened these volunteer positions up and > > they are GOING FAST! If you have Internet access and email and live > > in an Alabama county that you would like to represent, and are > > interested in preserving and recording the cemeteries in your county > > and would like to know more about this very important volunteer > > position, please contact me, or the ACPA County Coordinator, Ted > > Urquhart. > > > > Ted's ACPA County Coordinator email address is: > > fixingraves@alabama-cemetery-preservation.com > > > > My email addresses are: bamahart@airmail.net > > or my ACPA Web Master address is: > > alabamaangel@alabama-cemetery-preservation.net. > > > > Thank You, Cynthia Sims Kirkland (ACPA Web Master) and > > Ted Urquhart (ACPA Vice President and County Coordinator) > > > > P.S. Hope to see you there! Please pass this on! > > -- > > Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance (ACPA) > > "Preserve, Restore and Venerate." > > Saving Alabama Cemeteries > > http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com > > > > Please visit and sign the Guest Book.