Hello Marcia, This is a hands-on cemetery workshop. Most of the information is available on the Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project web site @ http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/ . If you are unable to attend this workshop, check out the web site. The fifteen dollars is to cover the cost of holding the workshop. That is an estimated cost per person. If we get a good turnout, it will probably be only $10 per person. Thanks, Tim Benner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Snyder" <m44as@direcway.com> To: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim@myexcel.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Cemetery Restoration Workshop > Hello, > This workshop really looks interesting. I live in TX and just 'belong' to > the Wayne Co IN list, so I will be unable to attend. > Do you think it will be possible to have someone give the list the correct > ways to take care of the tombstones? I am sure that I am not alone in not > knowing the 'correct' ways of doing all this. I have been to many > cemeteries of my ancestors, transcribing and cleaning up and hope to make it > more. > Any help will be appreciated by all. > Or perhaps, if I pay my $15, I can get a handout of the materials gone > over?? > Please let me know. Thanks very much. > Marcia Snyder > TX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim@myexcel.com> > To: <WAYNE_IN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 11:54 PM > Subject: Cemetery Restoration Workshop > > > > Hello everyone, > > I was wanting to invite anyone who is interested in saving our pioneer > history, to a cemetery restoration workshop being held in Wayne County on > September 13. For many genealogists, cemeteries are a vital resource in > connecting to their family history. The only problem is that these > resources are diminishing. Through many years of neglect, a lot of our > earliest cemeteries are deteriorating. This workshop will show you how to: > clean lichen off of stones; reset fallen or leaning tombstones; and fix > broken stones properly. We need volunteers from all over to help save and > protect these cemeteries before it's too late. > > I have reserved the services of Mark Davis, from Stone Saver Cemetery > Restoration, to help teach these restoration techniques. If you are > interested in the workshop and/or in cemetery restoration in general, let me > know. There are many ways that you can help show the respect to the burial > places of our pioneers and/or ancestors that paved the way for us. > > For more information on the workshop, check out our flyer @ > http://www.geocities.com/wayneinpcrp/cemeteryworkshop.htm , located on the > Wayne County IN Cemetery Restoration Project web site. The Wayne County > INPCRP is in its beginning stages and we are looking for volunteers who are > concerned about the care of our pioneer cemeteries. To view some of the > projects in progress, check out our home page @ > http://www.geocities.com/wayneinpcrp/ . > > > > Thanks, > > Tim Benner > > > > >