I thought this was interesting! Hope it helps someone! Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kemis Massey" <sobbygenealogy@knology.net> To: <GACHATTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: [GACHATTA] Fw: MAY USGenWebNEWS - Grave Clues > >From a newsletter. > > kemis > > > > GRAVE CLUES > Sharon Rhodes - Editor > Graves can often provide information beyond the names and dates on the > tombstone. > 1. Check the stone for markers that might give clues to church or group > membership. > 2. If you can't find the grave of a relative, check the local history for > epidemics. Check cemeteries in the area for mass burials. > 3. Sometimes the position of the grave holds clues. "Christians believe > [believed] that the Angel Gabriel would appear in the east on Resurrection > Day, bodies in the cemetery were often buried with the person's feet > pointing to the east. The thought being when they arose from the dead, > then they would be facing the east to see the Angel Gabriel."1 Blacks were > often buried facing east. "One freed slave explained that the dead should > not have to turn around when Gabriel blows his trumpet in the eastern > sunrise. Others have suggested they were buried facing Africa." 2 Early > Quaker cemeteries often contain unmarked graves in cemeteries where > individuals were buried in rows as they died. 3 > > Gravestone Markers > Veterans Administration images of church crosses for headstones. > http://www.cem.va.gov/hmemb.htm > > Gravestone Marker symbols from the International Black Sheep Society Of > Genealogists > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/acronym.html > > Epidemics > An informative article from the University of Hartford. > http://uhavax.hartford.edu/bugl/histepi.htm > Some class notes from Indiana University > http://www.indiana.edu/~h333/notes.html > List of known epidemics with a source for the list. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclinto/resources/epidemics.htm > > Mass Graves > http://www.wilmingtontoday.com/History/CivilWar2.html > http://www.stmaryonline.com/history.html > http://oldcitycemetery.com/cholera.htm > > Burial Customs > Davison Community Schools list of links, Davison, MI > http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dhs/english/burial.htm > > 1. Old Wives' Tales. "Funeral and Burial Traditions". Accessed Apr 2 2005. > http://www.oldwivestales.net/articles/1017.html > 2. Chicora Foundation, Inc. Grave Matters: the Preservation of > African-American Cemeteries. "What is the History of African-American > Cemeteries?". 1996. South Carolina Information Highway. > http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/gravematters-1.html > 3. Margaret Sherman Lutzvick. "Old Quaker Cemetery, Macedon Center, > Macedon, Wayne County, New York". Accessed Apr 2 2005. Wayne County > NYGenWeb Site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywayne/cemeteries/quaker.html > > The views expressed in this newsletter are those of the contributors and > are not necessarily those of the USGenWeb Project. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > © 2005, The USGenWeb Project. Permission to reprint articles from this > newsletter is granted when the author and The USGenWeb Project News are > credited. > > > ==== GACHATTA Mailing List ==== > Find a good source, share it with us. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >