Stone Strategies

Historic cemeteries are found in every community, and many are in urgent need of documentation and preservation as residential and business development projects progress through urban, suburban and rural farming communities in the Hudson Valley. These workshops are a hands-on opportunity for citizens, local historians, educators, librarians, genealogists, community groups and historical societies to learn professional and practical steps for stewardship, identification, documentary, and the cleaning and preservation strategies that are necessary to preserve a vanishing heritage. 

Join us for this full day (9AM - 4 PM) workshop: a morning full of practical, useful information and an afternoon in the cemetery learning functional hands-on preservation methods. A light breakfast, lunch, and resource packet are included. Participants should dress comfortably and wear sneakers or work boots as we will be working outdoors with water and dirt.

Workshop locations:

• Oakwood Cemetery, Troy (Rensselaer County) - May 3, 2023

• Bedford Historical Society, Old Burial Ground, Bedford (Westchester County) - June 7, 2023

• Historic Huguenot Street, Huguenot Cemetery/Crispell Memorial French Church Burying Ground, New Paltz (Ulster County) - September 28, 2023

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Presenters:
Joe Ferrannini, Founder, Grave Stone Matters
Priscilla Brendler, Executive Director, GHHN 
Kerry Sclafani, Program Director/Archivist, GHHN