Cemeteries Worth the Visit – Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Chicago

Map of Cemeteries Waldheim Jewish Cemetery Waldheim Jewish Cemetery began in 1870 in Forest Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.  The cemetery is actually made up of over 250 different cemeteries…

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Faces From the Past – Ceramic Memorial Plaques

  They go by many names – those faces from the past.  Ceramic pictures, photo porcelain plaques, memorial portraitures, even postmortem portraits.  They first began appearing on gravestones in the…

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