Saturday, June 8, 2002 -- IHS Cemetery Workshop in Evansville, Indiana:
Katherine Dill <Kdill(a)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.