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The following excerpt is from the February 16, 2013 edition of the Marietta Times. Marietta, Ohio: A group of Marietta College students, faculty and other interested community members outlined plans for the next several months of project development in the Continue reading Marietta Cemeteries Coming Alive
The Dalla Genealogical Soceity has added records for Oakland Cemetery (Section 19) and Perry Cemetery (582 records) to their cemetery database. According to their website, the database is approaching 27,000 records from 27 different Dallas area cemeteries. In addition to Continue reading Dallas Genealogical Society Adds More Cemetery Records to Their Database
The following excerpt is from an article in the February 12, 2013 edition of the Washington Post. For 140 years the two Yankee sailors lay entombed in the turret of the USS Monitor, doomed shipmates aboard the sunken Civil War Continue reading Two USS Monitor Shipmates’ Remains to be Buried at Arlington Cemetery
The following excerpt is from an interesting article about a Serbian man who has settled in an abandoned tomb. There’s no place like home, and for Bratislav Stojanovic, his home is in a tomb. The homeless Serbian man has been Continue reading There’s No Place Like Home – in the Cemetery
The following news release is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch added 8.5 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Included are 2,897,940 additional index records and images for the new New York State Census of 1855 collection, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 8.5 Million Records From Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, and the United States
The following teaser is from the February 7, 2013 edition of the Washington Post. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday that a review of every grave in the national cemetery system found 15 sets of remains buried in the Continue reading National Cemetery Review Finds Bodies Buried in the Wrong Graves
DNA testing has proven that bones found under a car park belong to Richard III, the last English Monarch to die in battle. This story can be read in full at The Telegraph: Richard III: tests on skeleton could ‘rewrite Continue reading Bones of the Last English Monarch to Die in Battle have been Found and Verified
This article was found at timesunion.com: Follow Up: Cemetery transition nearer By Bob Gardinier Published 8:22 am, Sunday, February 3, 2013 COHOES — After a title search that went back nearly 300 years, it has been determined there is no legal Continue reading A NY Chapter of DAR, May Get Ownership Over Cemetery They Already Maintain
The following teaser is from the January 28, 2013 edition of GlobalPost.com: David Kime Jr. wanted a burger and fries at Burger King – his favorite fast food joint. The World War II veteran, who died on Jan. 20 at Continue reading Have a Whopper & Fries on the Way to the Burial
The following excerpt is from an article in the January 23, 2013 edition of New York Daily News. A construction worker last week discovered a time capsule filled with historic books hidden inside a wall of the landmark cemetery’s crematorium. Continue reading Time Capsule Found in Historic Green-Wood Cemetery
The following News Release is from I-Newswire.com: Otter Creek Holdings, L.L.C., is proud to announce its recent acquisition of BillionGraves, a technology-based genealogical research company. Ogden (I-Newswire) January 16, 2013 – Since its inception almost two years ago, BillionGraves has Continue reading BillionGraves Acquired by Otter Creek Holdings
The following excerpt is from an article published in the January 20, 2013 edition of stuff.co.nz: The Jewish community has taken pity on one of the youths who desecrated graves at a cemetery in Auckland with Nazi symbols – causing Continue reading Jews Forgive Cemetery Vandalism
The following News Release is from FamilySearch.org dated January 15, 2013: FamilySearch added an additional 7 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 1,747,863 indexed records and images in the Slovakia Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Collection Updates to Australia, BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, & the U.S.A.
What could possibly cause vandals to attempt to destroy over 80% of the headstones in the Springhill Ceemetery in Wellsville, Ohio? Is there something about our culture (or lack thereof) that’s making our young people do destructive things like this Continue reading Over 200 Headstones Destroyed by Vandals in Columbiana County, Ohio
The following is from an article in the Decembr 29, 2012 edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel: SANTA CRUZ — More than a century after her public suicide on Pacific Avenue, the lore of Marie Holmes’ young life has a Continue reading Missing Headstone Found