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Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols
Exploring the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard mysteries. For genealogy sleuths, taphophiles and goth kids.
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Article by George G. Morgan.
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Introduction to the Farber Gravestone Collection, by Jessie Lie Farber. A great article with information about motifs, spelling, letters and more.
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Emblems shown on veterans gravestones and what church they belong to.
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Forgotten Faces: A Window into our Immigrant Past
Forgotten Faces is the first book and site to present collections of early 20th Century Photo-Ceramic Memorial Portraits on tombstones. It explores early memorial portraiture as an art form and as valued historical artifact. It presents the unique beauty of this funerary art as related to immigrant traditions at the turn of the 20th century.
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From Beyond The Grave: Cemetery Symbols
Article by Troy Taylor.
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From Grave Addiction.
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[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
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How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone
Information on reading Hebrew tombstones, including the Jewish calendar, numbers, common phrases, and special symbols.
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Kolel: Reb on the Web Archives
Why stones or pebbles are placed on Jewish tombstones.
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An index of images of some emblems engraved by stonecutters on headstones.
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Educational & special programs dedicated to Victorian mourning.
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Mourning fashions of the Victorian era.
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Symbolism - Symbols Associated with African American Graveyards
From the South Carolina Department of Archives & History.
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Thanatology and taphophile issues, cemetery, funeral industry and death related news.
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The Olive Tree Genealogy: Grave Symbols
Describes the symbolism of motifs on gravestones.
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