I would love to visit Wayne County, but Saturdays are a very busy day . I
have several Goettels buried in Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery and have
never found any one to check just how many, Goettels, are there. The Date
would be about 1850. Some day I will get the chance to try and find the
Cemetery.
Larry Goettel
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From: "Tim and Sabrina" <brinatim(a)myexcel.com>
To: <WAYNE_IN-L(a)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