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From: linda welden <>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Need assistance...]
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 12:08:04 -0800


Forward:
Brian Conley wrote:
>
> One of the best beginning texts available is:
>
> A GRAVEYARD PRESERVATION PRIMER
> by Lynette Strangstad
> Published 1988 by Assoc. for State and Local History AND Assoc. for
> Gravestone Studies.
>
> You can get a copy from the AGS. Their website is
> http://www.berkshire.net/ags/.
>
> According to Tod Davis:
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am about to embark on a preservation and conservation project on three
> > cemeteries in my city. All three are currently owned by the city. One of
> > the burial grounds is 150 years old with no burials for at least 75 years.
> > If someone could be so kind to cite reference materials or books that will
> > help me with this endeavor. Any ideas on how to approach local and state
> > goverments for funding will be very helpful. Information and insight on
> > city and state ordinances that protect historic burial grounds is also
> > needed. All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> > Thank you for your attention to my request.
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > Tod Davis
> > Trenton, MI
> >
> >
>
> --
> Brian A. Conley, Historian
> Fairfax County Public Library
> Virginia Room, Fairfax City Regional Library
> 3915 Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030
> (703) 246-2123 Voice (703) 385-1911 FAX
> E-Mail

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