Joel Lane Museum House lecture “18th-Century Cemetery Practices in North Carolina” by John Clauser

 
Event:  Joel Lane Museum House presents a lecture on “18^th-Century Cemetery Practices in North Carolina” by John Clauser
 
Time: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 7 p.m.
 
Location: 160 South Saint Mary’s St., Raleigh, NC  (at the corner of Hargett St.), which is two blocks south of Hillsborough St., not far from downtown.
 
Admission: for the public: $15; Members of the Joel Lane Historical Society: $10. Advanced purchase is required, and seating is very limited.
 
Contact Information: tel: (919) 833-3431; email: joellane@bellsouth.net
 
The Joel Lane Museum House is proud to announce a lecture on “18^th-Century Cemetery Practices in North Carolina” by John Clauser on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7 pm in the Visitors Center at 160 South Saint Mary’s Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Admission will be $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited, and advanced payment is required. Please call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605. Be sure to include the names of all in your party; nametags will serve as tickets. Tickets are non-refundable unless we must cancel the event.
 
John Clauser is a consulting archaeologist and cemetery specialist whose consulting firm, Of Grave Concerns, has considerable experience excavating old North Carolina cemeteries.  John knows where the bodies are buried in North Carolina. As an archaeologist who specializes in abandoned cemeteries, he has tromped through family burial grounds, graveyards dedicated to Confederate veterans and tiny plots alongside rural churches around the state.
 
When he started two decades ago, the work was obscure and the rewards limited. Most of the time, he helped amateur genealogists track down their ancestors as part of his work with the state archaeologist’s office.
 
Now retired, Clauser continues his work as a private consultant. Most of his clients are developers who have stumbled onto a long-abandoned family cemetery while building a new shopping mall or subdivision.
 
For his master’s project at the University of Florida at Gainesville, Clauser worked at the site of a pottery kiln outside Winston-Salem. Afterward, he was offered a job by the North Carolina state archaeologist. He started in July 1976 and retired in 2003 to start his consulting business.
 
For more information: tel: (919) 833-3431; email: joellane@bellsouth.net; Website: www.joellane.org