This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zi.2ADE/1620 Message Board Post: Saturday, June 8, 2002 -- IHS Cemetery Workshop in Evansville, Indiana: Katherine Dill <Kdill@indianahistory.org>, Assistant, Local History Services for the Indiana Historical Society, advises: The Indiana Historical Society is sponsoring a Cemetery Workshop in Evansville, Indiana on Saturday, June 8, 2002. Speakers will include John Molitor, a lobbyist for Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and an attorney; Jeannie Regan-Dinius, the cemetery registry coordinator for the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources; Ernie Lasley, Coordinator for the Gibson County Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project; and John Walters,an independent cemetery restorer and a member of the National Association for Gravestone Studies. The workshop is being co-sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society, the Department of Historic Preservation and Archaeology of the DNR, and the Vanderburgh County Historical Society. During the morning session, participants will learn about the state's efforts to document the locations of Indiana's burial grounds and private citizens' efforts to preserve and restore cemeteries. In addition, speakers will explain Indiana's current cemetery laws, discuss property ownership research, and share techniques for gravestone cleaning and repair. During the afternoon session, participants will travel to a local cemetery where they will receive hands-on experience cleaning and repairing stones. The workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the morning, we will be at Ivy Tech State College located at 3501 First Avenue, and in the afternoon we will be at New Salem Cemetery on Camp Ground Road. Cost is $20 for the public and $15 for members of the sponsoring organizations. INDIANA PIONEER CEMETERIES RESTORATION PROJECT http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/workshops.html#Evansville%20-%206-8-2002 Indiana Historical Society http://www.indianahistory.org/edu/localhistory/homeworkshops.html