Cemeteries and Genealogy: Tracing and Preserving the Past

            The Friends of the Godfrey Memorial
Library will sponsor a program by Connecticut Gravestone Network founder Ruth
Shapleigh-Brown on May 11, 2013. The mission of the Connecticut Gravestone
Network is “to educate the public on the importance of old graveyards and
cemeteries in our history.” Shapleigh-Brown will give a
talk on how to preserve and study our cemeteries as a way of connecting with the
past.  The program will be offered free
of charge at 1:30 p.m. at the Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St.,
Middletown, CT. The program will be followed by a walking tour of the Riverside
Cemetery, Middletown at approximately 3 pm. For more information please call
Ray L’Heureux at 203-237-3614.