The Nova Scotia Genealogical Society is having a two-day cemetery conference in Truro where there will be great speakers, all meals and breaks will be included, a networking social, and poster displays.
The conference will be held May 24 and 25, 2014 at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Campus, Truro, NS, and there will be six lectures given by Dr. Allan Marble, Gary Wright, Bill Curry, Kevin Bartlett & Sean McKeane, Heather Lawson, and Deborah Trask.
And there will be a field trip to the historic Onslow Cemetery.
For more information about the conference and a registration packet, contact Dawn Josey at info@novascotiaancestors.ca
The registration form is at http://www.novascotiaancestors.ca/upload/files/GANS_CemeteryConference2014_Registration.pdf
The GANS website is at http://www.novascotiaancestors.ca
The Onslow Cemetery is at www.onslowislandcemetery.ca
The Onslow Island Cemetery holds the remains of Planters (settlers from New England who came to Nova Scotia in the 1700s), and as such, it is one of the oldest cemeteries in Nova Scotia.
Last year, the 250th founding of the cemetery was highlighted, and celebrated. Some of the burials at the cemetery are on Find a Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2297634
