Case Study One – Sinking of the Brig The Hilden and headstone at Tamlaghtard Church, Magilligan

Grave tidied and cleaned, new black & silver marble slab to identify the Captain who died and 2 crew member who are buried either side of the captain, but not commemorated before. Present are Robert Guthrie, Rev Rhys Jones and Matthew Ferguson. Robert has spent a decade of time researching the sinking off the nearby beach.

Case Study Two - Hamiltion Family headstones at Tamlaghtfinlagan Church, Ballykelly

Grave tidied and cleaned, base filled with new black stone and two new black & silver marble slabs to refresh the text on the headstones which have become very weathered with age, with one almost unreadable. This is the maternal family gravesite of the author John Steinbeck.

Present are Matthew Ferguson, Betty Ferguson (Vestry Member) and Canon Given

Case Study Three - cleaning of the base line information plaque - from now on Roe valley Ancestral Researchers will keep it tidy and clean from moss and weeds.

TOOLS PURCHASE FOR FURTHER WORK AND PROPERTY OF RVAR

This project has been supported by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, and the Department for communities through the Community Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund.