[MassHistPres] Repair of a very old cemetery marker

[james hadley]

PreservationMASS has a list of consultants on line. One category is "Historic Burying Grounds." This project should be undertaken by an expert in the field who can be found on the list. I strongly recommend this course of action.
James Hadley
Chair, Orleans Historical Commission

From: lee at leewright.net
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:50:36 -0400
To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: [MassHistPres] Repair of a very old cemetery marker

Any recommendations for experts to repair or consult on the repair of this very old cemetery marker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8256974@N05/7233543442 ?
Following the efforts of descendent of someone else who was buried in this same cemetery, and of the historical society, the city has recently expressed an interest in repairing the marker.  Before they try, we at the Society would like to recommend an expert that they can hire to do the repair or at least talk with.

Background:
Our city has long-neglected this cemetery, which is the final resting place for some of the earliest residents of Marlborough, including the first pastor, whose marker is the one in the photo.
Ten years ago the city received a detailed report on the specific repairs that should be made to the cemetery.  it appears that nothing was ever done with the report.  Certainly nothing was ever done with this marker.  Thanks to some digging by a concerned descendent (who lives in Vermont), who connected with a helpful person at the DCR, we found out about this report and about a state report, "Preservation Guidelines for Municipally-Owned Historic Burial Grounds and Cemeteries" (Third edition), which we put online.  And thanks to Shary Berg, who wrote the Marlborough report, we have been able to put it online, too.
Links to both documents are in the Cemeteries section toward the bottom of this page: http://historicmarlborough.org/Genealogy_and_Cemeteries.html
Note: This is also another reminder of the useful information that can be shared, for free, with others in Massachusetts and elsewhere.  The state guidelines document has been read more than 1,200 times since I uploaded it in May of last year.  The credit should go to the people who wrote the report.  My uploading it required no skill and took about 3 minutes.

As always, thanks for your help and suggestions--
Lee
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Lee Wright  |  Marlborough  








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