Let's kick off the 2023 field season with a little report of a project we worked on the previous two seasons! Over the last two field seasons (2021 & 2022), we were invited out to the community of Coley's Point, near Bay Roberts in Conception Bay, to do work on a series of gravestones at… Continue reading St. John the Evangelist’s Cemetery, Coley’s Point, Conception Bay, NL
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The Trinity Project, Phase 3: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
Somehow, we are already several days into July, and we have recently finished up with the 3rd week of our project with the Trinity Historical Society! It was so exciting to get back out to Trinity at the start of the tourist season, and get to see so many visitors who were excited to see… Continue reading The Trinity Project, Phase 3: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
The Trinity Project, Phase 2: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
This is an exciting blog post to write, just a few days after we've wrapped up Phase 2 of this project. Ages ago, we were contacted by the Trinity Historical Society (THS) to consult on the restoration of the St. Paul's Anglican Church's churchyard, located right in the heart of historic Trinity, NL. We visited… Continue reading The Trinity Project, Phase 2: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
General Protestant Cemetery, St. John’s, NL
This August and early September we worked on our largest project to date, the restoration of four large monuments at the General Protestant Cemetery in St. John's. These markers were selected for restoration because of their obvious need for repair, as well as being significant figures in the history of St. John's. It was really… Continue reading General Protestant Cemetery, St. John’s, NL
Fieldwork Trip to Bonavista: William Brown’s Headstone
Welcome to the first of hopefully many fieldwork trip blog posts! The original plan was to make the trip on Friday before, June 11th, but of course the first fieldwork trip of the season couldn't be that easy...and our car's transmission decided to die the day we had planned to go. Instead, we called every… Continue reading Fieldwork Trip to Bonavista: William Brown’s Headstone
Living Heritage Podcast x Black Cat
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dale Jarvis of Heritage NL, on his podcast 'Living Heritage'. The show was first aired on CMHR radio here in Newfoundland, and was published as a podcast We spoke about our research in archaeology and heritage, our PhD programs, and all about gravestone conservation and what you… Continue reading Living Heritage Podcast x Black Cat
Black Cat Cemetery Preservation 