Genealogy with Lillian Wingate In-Person
Cemetery Etiquette and Conducting a Cemetery Survey
Visiting a cemetery can be intimidating, especially if you’re unfamiliar with cemetery etiquette. Whether you’re going to the cemetery by yourself or with others, it’s important to be considerate of those around you.
Lillian Wingate, Executive Director of the Thomasville Genealogical Library, will be sharing ways to show respect to other mourners, the groundskeepers, and those buried in the cemetery.
Additionally, learn about the role of the Cemetery Survey.
A cemetery survey is compiling a complete description, location, layout and index of a cemetery and all the memorial markers within. It can be a long and arduous task but very much worth it. You are actively preserving information about those who have come before you - information that may not be available in the future as tombstone markers continue to erode away. You are sharing your information with genealogists, family historians, local researchers, as well as helping family members, most of whom you will never meet.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 28, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Thomasville Library
- Branch:
- Thomasville Library
- Audience:
- Adult (19+)
- Categories:
- Adult