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The following teaser is from an article posted in the July 4, 2013 edition of thisisnottingham.co.uk: Nuthall Parish, Nottinghamshite, UK: FAMILIES thought vandals had run amok in a cemetery when around 50 headstones were knocked over. Some were in tears Continue reading So the Parish Council Knocked the Headstones Over…
The following is from FamilySearch July 3, 2013: FamilySearch has recently added more than 50.1 million images from Belgium, BillionGraves, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than 50.1 Million Images from Belgium, BillionGraves, Brazil, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, & the USA
I see that Ancestry.com has just posted a new database made up of 3,784 new records from the digitized Savannah, Georgia Records of Titles 1791-1971. The data is mostly from the Laurel Grove Cemetery, although early entries also seem to Continue reading Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971 digitized and posted at Ancestry.com
The following teaser is from the June 17, 2013 edition of the Rockdale Citizen. COVINGTON [Georgia] — The first time Debbie Autry saw the historic family cemetery, she was about 10. It was in such a decrepit state, “I just Continue reading Middlebrooks Cemetery in Georgia Cleaned Up by Sons of Confederate Veterans
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million images from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 544,966 index records and images from the new Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than Half a Million Index Records and Images to New Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations Collection
KMOV.com has posted a series of photos taken at Arlington National Cememtery today. Take a look. So many have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. Sobering…
The following teaser is from the May 13, 2013 edition of thestate.com: A preliminary survey underwritten by Richland County [South Carolina] has identified more than 450 cemeteries, most of them long-abandoned plots where family members were laid to rest together. Continue reading 450+ Richland County, South Carolina Cemeteries Identified
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 9.4 million index records and images this week from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Italy, Peru, Sweden, the United States, and Venezuela. Notable collection updates include the Continue reading FamilySearch Adds to Collections for BillionGraves, Canada, Italy, Peru, Sweden, and the USA
Sometimes titles don’t completely clarify the contents of a book. Not so, with Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, where the title says exactly what the book is about. Within these pages you will find thousands of tombstone inscriptions. In Continue reading Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts
FamilySearch has added 2.1 million indexed records and images this week from BillionGraves, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 815,732 index record and images from the BillionGraves Index collection, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Large Updates to BillionGraves Index & Washington State County Records
Now this is a strange one… The following teaser is from an article by Amanda Norris, posted in the April 5, 2013 Virgin Islands Daily News. Click on the link at the end of the excerpt, and dead the full Continue reading Where the Dead are Unnamed
Read the details in this article from The GreenPoint Gazette: USS Monitor Crew Honored at Arlington Cemetery by Janice Weinmann It was New Year’s Eve 1862 when the USS Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. That Continue reading Recovered Bones of Two U.S.S. Monitor Crew Finally Laid to Rest at Arlington
The following teaser is from an article posted at the March 10, 2013 nbcchicago.com website. A suburban Chicago coroner wants to find a final resting place for cremated remains that have gone unclaimed. Kane County Coroner Rob Russell says the Continue reading Kane County (Illinois) Coroner Seeking Final Resting Place for Unclaimed Cremains
The following teaser is from an AP article printed in the March 10, 2013 edition of Redding.com: ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen Continue reading Civil War Sailors from the Turret of the USS Monitor Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The following excerpt is from an AP article about the gravesite of the little-known doctor who cared for President Lincoln’s feet. LONDON — He may just be a footnote to history, but Dr. Isachar Zacharie is having a posthumous mini-moment, Continue reading The Gravesite of Dr. Isachar Zacharie, President Lincoln’s Foot Doctor