...it is very similar to my g-grandmother's name. Records differ, but we have Aminda, Minda, Mindy, Manda, and, oddly enough, Samantha. What is your true given name and do you have any idea of the origins? Marcel Gutierrez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mynda McGuire" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 5:21 PM Subject: RE: [AGS] Headstones > There is an interesting book called: > Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacy, by Terry G. Jordan, (Available in > paperback at Barnes & Noble and Amazon, under $15)and possibly in some > libraries...that looks at East Texas and the cultural aspects of burying the > dead...he looks at German, Southern Protestant and Mexican burials...all > close to Arkansas. One of the reviewers wrote, "For anyone interested in > rural graveyard history, this book has it all. Even though it is slanted > toward Texas Germans (Jordan is a 6th gen. Texan) and their particular way > of burying their dead, southern, black and Hispanic rituals are treated > justly. Tidbits: -in the southern Texan tradition (East, Southeast), sinners > and thieves are buried facing south. Everyone else faces east to receive the > morning sun, and the second coming." > > Mynda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marge [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AGS] Headstones > > > > That's what I was always taught. Did you ever hear your grandmother say, "I > feel as though someone just walked on my grave." Gave me shivers then and > still does. > marge > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Ann" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:53 PM > Subject: [AGS] Headstones > > > > As long as the body is on the east side of the stone, and the > > headstone, in reference to the body, is on the west, I would think which > > way the headstone is facing would not matter. > > There has to be some uniformity or one would not know where to walk, as > > far as I know, it has been this way. I was taught to show respect in a > > cemtery, and DO NOT WALK ON THE GRAVES! > > > > Barbara Ann McDougal Foster > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this > list without the permission of the original author. > > > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY > 2002 FALL SEMINAR and BOOK FAIR > Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2002 > Holiday Inn Airport-East, Little Rock, Arkansas > I-440, Exit 3 (Airport Exit) > For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/ > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > The Arkansas History Commission has updated their website. > www.ark-ives.com > >