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This is what we’ve all been waiting for. It seems you can now have a sound system that plays music in one’s coffin from now into eternity… I note that the touchscreen is built into the headstone however, and is Continue reading Tunes Now Available to the Dearly Departed
There is a very interesting pictorial slide show, made up of 10 pictures with detailed captions, about the sinking cemeteries of coastal Louisiana, It seems that eleven cemeteries in Jefferson Parish have repeatedly flooded since Hurricane Katrina, and in Lafourche, Continue reading Watery Graves in Louisiana
The following teaser is from an article posted at The Tennessean website: FRANKLIN [Tennessee] — A pair of cemeteries in downtown Franklin will be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, officially designating the sites for preservation. Franklin City Continue reading Franklin, Tennessee Cemeteries to be Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
FamilySearch added an additional 6.4 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 1,034,803 records for the Netherlands, Zeeland Province, Church Records from 1527-1907, the 1,436,121 added from Italy Civil Registrations from Continue reading FamilySearch Adds New Collections from Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, & the United States
The following excerpt is from a very interesting article by Ray Tsuchiyama about the “punchbowl,” or the “National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific” located above Honolulu, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. It’w well worth the read at the Maui Continue reading The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
The following teaser is from an article in the November 24, 2012 edition of Fox8.com: HONG KONG (CNN) — Yet another passenger ship could be about to anchor in Hong Kong’s popular waters, but berths aboard this particular vessel will Continue reading Cruising For Eternity…
Ancestry.com has now posted military burial registers, and headstone applications on their website. Upon receiving the announcement, I immediately searched for registers that would include my Canfield relatives. I found quite a number of registers of interest to me personally, Continue reading New Military Burials Feature Lincoln, Custer, a Well-Disguised Jilted Lover & More Than 100 Years of History & Remembrance
If you have ancestors who lived and or died in Massachusetts then you will likely appreciate David Allen Lambert’s book, A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries. This book is a straightforward directory to cemeteries, old and new, as well as burial Continue reading A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted at the Sioux City Journal website. Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 people buried there. Cemetery Continue reading Arlington National Cemetery Debuts New Database With Smartphone App
The following excerpt is from an AP article posted in the October 7, 2012 edition of tdn.com: An honor guard made up of Confederate and Union Civil War re-enactors fires a salute during the dedication of the final resting place Continue reading Confederate Soldier Pvt. Hugh McLaughlin Found and Honored At Spokane’s Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
The following excerpt is from the October 2, 2012 edition of the North Platte Bulletin. My friend, Ruby Coleman, is very involved in an important cemetery project in North Platte. A lot of the money for a new electronic directory Continue reading Money Being Raised for an Electronic Directory at the North Platte Cemetery in Nebraska
The following teaser is from an article posted in the September 26, 2012 edition of Syracuse.com: Onondaga, NY: The remains of 80 bodies first laid to rest more than 150 years ago were reburied today as part of renovations by Continue reading Remains From the Onondaga (New York) County Poorhouse Cemetery Reburied
The following excerpt is from an article posted at the September 9, 2012 TwinCities.com website: MANDERSON, S.D. — Descendants of a Native American man who died more than a century ago while touring with a western-themed show gathered together Sunday, Continue reading Albert Afraid of Hawk Remains Returned to South Dakota After Over 100 years
The following excerpt is from the August 23, 2012 edition of stuff.co.nz: A mass resurrection may soon take place at a Gisborne cemetery. Gisborne District Council will consider a request today from the local branch of the Genealogical Society to Continue reading New Zealand Headstones Need a Resurrection of Their Own
The following teaser is from an article in the August 20, 2012 edition of kens5.com: STEVENSON, Ala.—James Davis is fighting to keep the remains of his late wife right where he dug her grave: In the front yard of his Continue reading Alabama Man Fights to Keep Wife Buried Near the Front Porch