Hi Mark and friends, The 2006 IHS/DNR Cemetery Workshop dates are set and we're finalizing the location now. (Check out http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/workshops.html for more info and a downloadable registration brochure soon.) Thanks for your interest! Hope to see you soon! Kind regards, Corrie Straightening Up the Yard: Basic Hands-on Cemetery Preservation Workshop Day One: Gravestone Symbolism and Art; Cemetery Law and Registry Friday, June 9, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Indiana History Center, Indianapolis Sheila Riley, long-standing member of the Association for Gravestone Studies, will draw on more than 20 years of research and experience to discuss the symbolism, artistry, and traditions of Indiana pioneer cemeteries and Jeannie Regan-Dinius, DHPA-DNR employee and coordinator of the Indiana Cemetery Registry, will address Indiana legislation that affects cemetery preservation work and the Indiana Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry. Day Two: Basic Cemetery Restoration Workshop Saturday, June 10, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Location: TBA Participants will take individual stones through the entire preservation process, from cleaning to straightening and resetting. Instructors John Walters, Micki Walters, and Daniel Faris will instruct and supervise participants in the use of appropriate preservation techniques. Participants will learn and practice skills including stone cleaning, resetting leaning stones, resetting stones in slotted bases, and global positioning system. Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Hands-On Cemetery Restoration Workshop Saturday, August 19, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Location: TBA This full-day workshop will focus on advanced cemetery restoration techniques. Topics covered will include fixing simple breaks, resetting obelisks, determining the original location of a stone once it's been moved, and how to mix stone dust to fill in cracks. Most of the workshop will be spent in the cemetery, where participants will gain valuable hands-on experience repairing stones. Participants must have attended one of the Indiana Historical Society's Basic Cemetery Preservation workshops or have prior cemetery preservation experience. Corrie E. Cook Assistant, Local History Services Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317.233.8913 317.234.0427 fax ccook@indianahistory.org www.indianahistory.org -----Original Message----- From: Mark Kreps [mailto:mjkreps@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 4:02 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INPCRP] Cemetery Preservation Workshop Any word from the Indiana Dept of Natural Resources on a Cemetery Preservation workshop(s) this year? The soon the better. Mark Kreps Muncie, IN ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.