NORTH CAROLINA chapter
PALATINES TO AMERICA - GERMAN GENEALOGY SOCIETY

Cemetery Markings and Their Meanings
Language of the Cemetery

Presenting NANCY OTTMAN, a retired Director of Human Resources and Loss Prevention for the JC Penney Co. She has been involved with genealogy research and cemetery studies for 30 plus years. She joined Palatines to America in 2006, and is a former treasurer for PalAm and was instrumental in the moving of the collection to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. She is a member of the Association of Gravestone Studies and Ohio Genealogical Society. She has spoken on beginning Genealogy, Immigration of Germans to America, migration of Germans throughout the United States, and has given numerous lectures on cemetery tombstones and their meanings, as well as several educational presentations for the Columbus Metropolitan Library, school districts and fraternal organizations.

The Language of the Cemetery will introduce the sights of the cemetery. We will start the visit with a quick review of tombstone types. Then we will look closer at the stones for the 17^th, 18^th and 19^th century markings. We will see stones and markings from around the United States, Europe and South America. We will finish with military markers and a few interesting miscellaneous stones and markers.

The cost is FREE for PalAm members and $5 for non-members or registrations after September 20^th. Registration is required to get the Zoom link.

Members: Email Bonnie Everhart (bonnieeverhart@gmail.com) or Becky Thornton (rthornton07@gmail.com) with your membership number to get the Zoom link.
Non-Members: Send via PayPal at @NCPALAM, or
 mail a check payable to: NC Chapter PalAm
Bonnie Everhart
7791 Young Rd
Hickory, NC 28602
Email address is required to get the Zoom link.