Hello to All, I am posting this to the list for anyone who can attend. Bill Plack is an excellent resource for early Pennsylvania Tombstone Art. I am definitely planning to attend. For those who can not attend, I invite you to review Bill's work at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/tscarvers/tombstone-carvers.htm Ellis Michaels Co-coordinator Pennsylvania USGenWeb Tombstone Project Allegheny County USGenWeb Archives File Manager Clearfield County USGenWeb Archives File Manager ellisrn@earthlink.net "If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing" (Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac) Hello, Westmoreland Researchers........... Just wanted to alert you to an upcoming program sponsored by the Norwin Public Library in Irwin, PA. On Wednesday, November 7th, local cemetery researchers Bill and Kathie Plack will be presenting a program entitled "Grave Matters: Tombstones and Tombstone Carvers of Southwestern Pennsylvania" The Placks are contributors to the PA Gen Web Tombstone Project, and their work, along with that of GenWeb coordinator Ellis Michaels, was featured in the Spring, 2007 issue of "Westmoreland History" magazine. This program will be held in the Community Room of the Norwin Public Library from 6 to 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 7, 2007. It is free to the public. The Norwin Public Library is located at 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin, PA. For directions, call (724) 863-4700. I hope to meet a lot of you there! Donna Edwards-Jordan part-time staff, Norwin Public Library.