Headstone cleaning and genealogy workshop this weekend

Want to learn how to clean a headstone? Curious about your family’s history or background? Come to our Headstone Cleaning and Genealogy Workshop! We will begin in Cemetery No. 2 and then move to the church for the genealogy portion of the workshop.

 

You will learn about the appropriate tools used to clean headstones + how to use programs like Fold3 and Ancestry to discover military records + more. Bring a picnic lunch following the workshop! This workshop is FREE and open to the public. Regular museum admission applies.

 

Spread over 102 acres of rolling wooded countryside near the center of the state, Confederate Memorial Park incorporates the site of Alabama’s only Confederate veterans’ home. Life for the old soldiers, called “inmates” at the Home, was better than most had known before their admission. The Home provided housing, meals, clothing, allowances, medical care and, for many, a place to die and be buried with dignity. The museum offers exhibits on the life of an Alabama Confederate veteran from recruitment to old age, including hundreds of artifacts from the Civil War and the Soldiers’ Home.

Confederate Memorial Park is located at 437 County Road 63, Marbury, AL 36051. To learn more about Confederate Memorial Park or the Alabama Historical Commission, please visit www.ahc.alabama.gov or call 205-755-1990.