Sooz - Thanks for the great laugh - I have read the Tombstone, AZ headstones and thought they were pretty good but these are great and very creative. Can someone with Family Tree Maker tell me if you can find out submitters names? I cannot find it in their book. Thanks . And while we're still in the cemetery - a little more info - The "Saved by the Bell" coffin was patented by Victorian inventors in 1893 in response to people's fears of being buried alive. A cord connected the deceased with an alarm bell above ground. Or some featured flags that unfurled and lids that sprang open. In 1740 traveling evangelist George Whitefield composed his own funeral hymn. "Ah, Lovely appearance of death, no sight upon earth is so fair: Not all the gay pageants that breathe, Can with a dead body compare" Good grief George - get a life! In the 1840's when funerals took place in cemeteries rather than small church plots, many new kinds of coffins were patented. My personal favorite - the "torpedo coffin" which exploded when tampered with to discourage grave robbers. Depending on the community, years ago, funeral attendees were often given souvenirs, such as "dead cakes" with the deceased's intials baked in them. What a great idea?? Classic gaffe - one graveside preacher, pointing to the recently deceased, solemnly pronounced, "This is only the shell. The nut is gone". And lastly, death-defying feats of language. We've all heard "Gone to meet his Maker", "Taken from this earthly garden", "Gone over to Beulah land". How about the soldiers - "stopped a bullet" and "answered the last muster". Or the Sailors - "Gave up the ship" or went to "Davy Jone's locker". Cowboys "die with their boots on", gamblers "when their number is up", or they "cash in their chips" . Farmer's "lay down their shovels" and when the time comes for theatrical folks, "it's curtains" which is what it's going to be for me if I don't stop. Linda . .