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Grave Humor for April Fools’ Day

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Post published: April 1, 2011
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Today is April 1st - April Fools’ Day. A day celebrated around the world with jokes, hoaxes and pranks. Also known as All Fools’ Day, the tradition is believed to…

Women’s History in the Cemetery

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Post published: March 22, 2011
Post category:a grave interest aunt cemetery consort daughter Genealogy grandmother mother relict sister Suffrage widow wife Women's History Month
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March is Women’s History Month; time to explore how women in the cemetery are remembered. Celebrating Women's Day It was 100 years ago this month, on March 8, that the…

The Celtic Cross in the Cemetery

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Post published: March 18, 2011
Post category:a grave interest ankh celtic cross cross high cross ionic cross irish cross odin's cross presbyterian cross sun cross wheel cross
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Celtic symbols abound in the cemetery. The most common and easily recognized is the Celtic cross, which has been in use as a gravestone marker for more than 160 years. The Celtic…

One Lovely Blog Award

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Post published: March 17, 2011
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Imagine my surprise when I checked my comments this week and found a note from Lisa Wallen Logsdon of the blog http://oldstonesundeciphered.blogspot.com/ informing me that she had chosen A Grave Interest to…

Grave Superstitions

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Post published: March 15, 2011
Post category:a grave interest death Dellinger folklore Genealogy graveyard Ides of March owl prophecy superstition
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Today is the ‘Ides of March’ and that seems the perfect time to cover grave superstitions. A soothsayer, who knew what he was talking about, gave the warning “Beware the…

Exploring Funeral Home Record, Obits and Memorial Cards

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Post published: March 11, 2011
Post category:a grave interest cemetery deceased funeral funeral home records Genealogy Hap Fleming memorial cards mortuary records obituary prayer cards Robert Dellinger Thomas Ready visitation wake
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Funeral home record example from Rootsweb/Ancestry.com Funeral home records, also known as mortuary records, are yet another overlooked resource for the genealogy researcher. These records contain the same basic information…