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From: "Tim Benner" <>(by way of Wally <>)
Subject: [OHDARKE] Cemetery Restoration Project
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 16:38:06 -0700

Hello everyone,

I was wanting to invite anyone who is interested in saving our local pioneer
history, to a cemetery restoration workshop being held in Wayne County,
Indiana on September 13. The workshop is being held at a cemetery right across
the Indiana/Ohio line. I know that those from Darke and Preble County, Ohio
are both very active in genealogy and might be interested. 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

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