FSGS Speakers Bureau
Mike Mitchell
1500 NW 12 Ave
Suite 1315
Miami, FL 33136-1028
(786) 543-1711
gostpiper@aol.com
www.scv.org/graves
Chairman, Graves and Monuments Committee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Lecture Topics
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Locating, and
if no gravestone, marking Soldiers of the War Between the States,
Confederate and Union
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Researching
Cemetery Records
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Cemetery
Preservation / Restoration
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Restoring
Destroyed Cemetery Records
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History of the
American Cemetery System
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Confederate
Mind Set; States Rights
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CGR;
Confederate Graves Registry, a detailed online researchable data base of
Confederate Soldiers in private cemeteries world wide.
Willing to travel up to 150 miles. If the
travel is over 50 miles, 1 night's lodging is requested, but speaker will
cover gas and food.
Previous Speaking
Engagements
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Genealogy and Historical
Societies Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
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Counties, FL and Bainbridge GA.
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Order of Confederate Rose, OCR
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United Daughters of the
Confederacy, UDC
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Daughters of the American
Revolution, USDAR
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
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Division Conventions last 6 years
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National Reunion past 6 years
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Association for Gravestone
Studies
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Brown University Providence RI
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Savannah Collage of Art and
Design, Savannah GA
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One Day Preservation Workshop
Jacksonville Fl
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Two Day Preservation Workshop,
Biloxi MS
Publications
USGENWEB Tombstone Transcription Program, 12 Cemeteries
Hallowed Ground; a bi-monthly column for the Confederate Veteran
Magazine
Grave Concerns: a monthly column for the Civil War Courier
newspaper on Cemetery Preservation – Past
Grave Etiquette: a how-to manual on cemetery y preservation for
the International Sons of Confederate Veterans website.
Gravestone Abbreviations: available from the Associations for
Gravestone Studies website.
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