Pioneer group presents talk by person photographing 50,000 gravestones
Long before Findagrave or Billiongraves, while searching the Internet for information on her own family history, Dina Carson stumbled across a website dedicated to preserving the information on gravestones and helping genealogical researchers locate the burial places of their ancestors. Out of curiosity, she searched the database for Boulder, Colorado and discovered that no one had volunteered to photograph these historic cemeteries. Since then, she has photographed more than 100 early cemeteries across Colorado (and a few elsewhere), taking more than 100,000 photographs in the process, 50,000 of which are referred to in her book.
Dina will give you her insights and tips for taking good photographs in the cemetery. Learn how to capture good photographs of tombstone, and how to photograph in a way that will help you record the cemetery art and the information contained on the tombstones and other cemetery monuments.
Dina has been involved in genealogy for more than three decades, and is currently the coordinator of the Boulder Pioneers Project, a comprehensive look at the original source documents for Boulder County during the Territorial period (1859-1876). She is the author of more than 100 annotated indexes of Boulder County source materials. She lectures frequently to genealogical societies throughout the state and is working with the Colorado State Archives on state-wide indexing projects. Dina is the author of 10 books about publishing and genealogy.
She brings her experience with all phases of book publishing to help first-time self-publishers create quality family or local histories that are both believable and achievable. When she’s not at a computer working on a publishing project, you can find her photographing the pioneer cemeteries of Colorado or deep in the bowels of an archive researching something.
The St. Vrain Valley Pioneer Association’s 119th Annual Meeting
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Hygiene United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 7542 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, Colorado
Registration begins at 12:45 PM — Potluck served around 1:15 PM
Short business meeting after the meal
“Historic Talk” – Following the business meeting
NOTES: Please bring your own table service and a covered dish; Drinks will be provided.
A collection will be taken to help with expenses
The St. Vrain Valley Pioneer Association includes all of Boulder County, Weld County west of the Platte River, and Larimer County south of the Poudre River. — These annual events used to be for members only, but about five years ago, they opened it up to the public.