Grave Superstitions
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
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…
Church and Religious Records
Church and religious records are considered to be some of the oldest, most detailed but “forgotten” genealogy records that exist. While not considered a primary source of information, church records…
Gravestone Inscriptions – The Final Say
Gravestone inscriptions are the text we find on headstones, monuments, memorials, and tombstones, those epitaphs that honor the deceased. An inscription may be as basic as a name, birth and/or death date. Or…
Cemetery Records – And the Plot Thickens……
There are several records that genealogists search for in regard to a death. These include cemetery records (and grave inscriptions,) church records, sexton’s records, funeral home records, death records, and…
Cemetery Research can be an Adventure
We genealogists have a lot of investigating and verifying to do when searching for our ancestors. We know about finding birth certificates, marriage certificates and death certificates. We know to…