Cemetery Alliance offers spring workshop

Published 12:50 am Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance, Inc. (ACPA) will host the 15th Annual Cemetery Preservation Workshop at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the historic Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery in Gardendale, on Sat., April 30, 2016, from 8:30 until 3:30 p.m.

Presentations include

• Kermit Dooley, president, Gardendale Historical Society (Historic Gardendale, A Settlement Once Known as Jugtown);

• Craig Remington, director, University of Alabama’s Cartographic Research Laboratory (Using Sanborn Insurance Maps in Your Research);

• and Joey Brackner, director, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture (The History of Decoration Day in Alabama).

Registration information is available at alabama-cemetery-preservation.com, or by contacting Scott Martin at BEVEL67@aol.com.