RIP: Records That Memorialize Our Ancestors’ Deaths
Presented by the Maryland Genealogical Society.
Pre-registration is open for the Basics+ Workshop set for Saturday, June 4
Three excellent speakers will each address a different aspect of this rich genealogical topic.
Rebecca Whitman Koford, CGSM – The Dead and the Dying: Cemetery and Funeral Home Research
Jacqueline Hedberg – Saving a Maryland Historic Treasure: Lessons from a Graveyard Project
Angela McGhie, CGSM – News of Their Deaths: Finding Obituaries and Notices
The workshop is being held at the Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828 York Road, 21212, in northern Baltimore City.
It is easily accessible from
I-83 or Charles Street and offers plenty of free parking. Continental breakfast and registration begins at 8:30 AM. The first session starts at 9:00 AM.
The cost is $25 for MGS members, $30 for non-members. Pre-register by June 1. Walk-in registration, space permitting, costs an additional $5.
For more information including times and cost please visit: http://www.mdgensoc.org/