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Fall Cemetery Clean-up Sat, Oct 15th 10am - 2pm

9/14/2016

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Remembrance of Our Founders

9/4/2016

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

I hope all of you are enjoying the Labor Day Weekend.  I wanted to give you a project update.  Judie and I are currently adding to our website information derived from the experts walk-throughs and genealogy research.  The amount of information just continues to mount to the point of almost being overwhelming (however we are not complaining, its a good problem to have). 

Besides the new information, we are finding and making contact with more descendants of the residents of Potter's Field.  Judie and I feel this is the most important portion of our project because it makes it personal.  They are no longer names on a headstone, or on a list but are now instead full fledged human beings that lived and survived during a very difficult period of American History.  It is a rush to help someone who has been looking for information on or attempting to find their long lost relative and be able to complete the loop for them.

As you continue to enjoy this marvelous weekend, remember the residents of Potter's Field as they were the original laborers of California.  Nick worked for the Railroad, August the Post Office and a veteran, George on a ship, Louis a musician and laborer, Kichi and Aaron on farms, and according to the list of Potter's Field decedents provided by the City of Martinez the vast majority were also laborers.  Then of course there is the Chinese-American Community who were also 99% laborers.

So some time this weekend raise a glass to them in remembrance,

Cheers,


Joseph Palmer
Potter's Field Restoration Project Coordinator

(925) 316-6069
MartinezCemetery@gmail.com
MartinezCemetery.org

Judie & Joseph Palmer are two of the founding members of the Martinez Cemetery Preservation Alliance (MCPA) and the Potter’s Field Project.  Both have a passion for discovery, history, genealogy, anthropology and archaeology.  For more info, please visit our website MartinezCemetery.org. Do you have a Potter’s Field story to tell?  We welcome any pictures or information regarding the Alhambra Pioneer Cemetery or its Potter’s Field.  Please email us at martinezcemetery@gmail.com or call us at (925) 316-6069.


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    ​Judie & Joseph Palmer are two of the founding members of the Martinez Cemetery Preservation Alliance (MCPA) and the Potter’s Field Project.  Both have a passion for discovery, history, genealogy, anthropology and archaeology.

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      • Photo Project Form
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