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Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project |
Welcome to the Tippecanoe County, Indiana page for cemetery restoration.
I am L. A.Clugh, coordinator for the Tippecanoe County INPCRP. If you have any questions or comments about any of our projects, please contact me. As coordinator, I am available to offer guidance and training to volunteers who would like to adopt a cemetery in Tippecanoe County as their project, and to help educate any citizen, trustee or cemetery association in our county about restoration. Educational workshops are held usually twice a year throughout our state sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society & The DHPA. You will find more on these below.The Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission has documented 134 cemeteries and has published a book which gives information on each of these cemeteries, including the date of origin, location, condition, caretaker, etc. This book and a map is available for purchase at their office.
Listed below are links to several sites which have information on tombstone cleaning, repair supplies, books and general restoration. Most of our restoration projects are also linked below for you to view. There are many pictures on these pages showing our progress so the pages may load slowly - please be patient, they are worth the wait!
TCCRG volunteers will be working on cemetery projects throughout the year. If you are interested in helping us in any way, please contact me. We would love to have your help! Take a look at our State INPCRP page.
Lou Ann Clugh Monday - Friday you may phone 765-447-2317 days, or email me
Please sign my guest book below before you leave. Thanks for stopping by.
You are our 11746 visitor since May 2003. Thanks for stopping by!
Tippecanoe County's Listing of Known Cemeteries
Sign My Guest book
View My Guest bookAttend a Restoration Workshops sponsored by the Ind. Historical Society
and the Department of Natural Resources Come and learn how.
2008 Advanced Cemetery Preservation workshop is August 30-31 Lyons Cemetery in Johnson County. The Brochure
Click here to view photos of 9-8 2007 from the workshop at White Chapel Cemetery in Carmel.
Lafayette: July 28 -Tippecanoe County Public Library, 627 South Street, 6:30 p.m.
We encourage you to forward this on to other cemetery preservationists. All are welcome. To learn more about the event, contact the Jeannie Regan-Dinius, Cemetery and Burial Ground Registry Coordinator for the DHPA, Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Cemetery Registry Coordinator
DNR-DHPA
402 West Washington Street, W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317/234-1268
www.in.gov/dnr/historicCemetery Advocate and Preservationists:
News article 6-2008
State laws that govern archaeology, and will impact cemetery preservation, will change in July. To notify the concerned members of the public about how these changes will affect grassroots cemetery preservation work, the Indiana DNR Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA) will host eight meetings around the state. The meetings will also provide an opportunity to talk with DHPA staff members. In addition, we will be discussing a proposed rule change related to non-scientific probing in cemeteries.
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Our current & ongoing projects
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See the links below for our progress and all our projects. |
Tippecanoe County INPCRP projects
These
pages will take some time to load. I love showing our progress.
2003-2006 Shumaker McCormick
Cemetery
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What
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Project April 2004 |
Routh Cemetery |
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Mr. Cameron Miller Eagle Scout project |
Mr. Ryan Taylor Eagle Scout project |
& Miles Supply Co. |
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Pioneer Cemetery |
April 27-2001 |
Read Epitaphs
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information for Veterans |
US information links |
& Preservation books available |
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Project (GPS) |
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Tippecanoe Co. link |
NEW!! Search Tippecanoe County burials on Find A Grave's site
SOME USEFUL HISTORY LINKS.
Epidemic
Timeline
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Funeral
& burial customs
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BURIAL
CUSTOMS AND CEMETERIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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I would like to thank several
business and people in our
community for supporting our
new preservation group efforts.
Mr.
Matthew Koehler , Wea Township Trustee
& Julie Koehler for her
photo contributions on Find-A-Grave.
~~ And to Rodney Deaton (1956-2004)
for the 100's of great photographs
he has freely given to me to use in our
restoration projects and to
help others. Many can be found on Find-A-Grave.
Mr.
Rich Green ~~
Mr. Ken Rude
~ Berry's
Camera Shop
Irving Materials, Inc. ~ Bowen
Ceramic Tile ~ Lafayette Masonry Supplies
Takachsin
Order of the Arrow Scouts ~ The
Lafayette Journal & Courier
Mr. Bill Otten, and family descendants
of the Routh-Pioneer cemetery.
Descendants of the Holliday
and the Shumaker Cemetery.
Volunteers of the Tippecanoe
County Genealogy Society (TIPCOA)
Tippecanoe County resources
Tippecanoe
County Public library
SONS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Tippecanoe County
American Civil War Research Database
THE
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The
Society of Indiana Pioneers
Cemetery Heritage Sign Application, from the
Indiana
Historical Bureau & DHPA
Historic
Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Indiana Genealogy Society Cemetery Survey Project
DNR,
Indiana Cemetery Registry Survey Form (see
the pdf file)
Indiana
County Township Trustees Indiana
Cemetery Records Site
Download the Free Adobe Reader to read those PDF files.
This page was created as part of the INdiana
Pioneer
Cemetery
Restoration
Project,
and the Indiana County Coordinator's network. This page ©
by L.A. Clugh 2008
Thanks to Rootsweb for providing this space.