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Headstone Preservation

Gregg King has been involved with the actual preservation of historic cemeteries for over 12 years. He started with repairing them as best he could in the Canton, Michigan cemeteries.  He was contracted by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office to write the Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide which won the 2003 Michigan Heritage Guardian Award. He has written Historic Cemetery Preservation Briefs for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and regularly speaks on the topic throughout the area.

The public is invited to attend the meeting of the Northville Genealogical Society, free of charge.  The meeting will be held on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Northville District Library, 212 West Cady, in Northville, starting with a roundtable discussion on “Google Books” at 1:15 p.m., a brief business meeting at 2:15 p.m. followed by Gregg King at 3:00 p.m.  

Individual help on genealogy is offered in the Local History Room at the Northville District Library on Monday afternoons 1-3 p.m. and also by appointment. For more information contact Mary Hazlett at 734-459-5493.


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