Here are some more replies I received: "I have read that it stands for Shared Stone." "How about SECOND SPOUSE??????" "If the SS show in Cemetery markers it means Same Stone." "Perhaps it means Side by Side ??? Are they buried beside each other?" "The ss(name) = the individual's name that you're looking at shares the "Same Stone" with the person listed after the ss. In other words, John E. Loyd & Winnie E. Loyd share the same headstone." Got this from Roget's thesaurus online: Main Entry: ss Function: abbreviation scilicet -- used in legal documents, [Latin semis] one half Could be that "ss" was an abbreviation for "semis", meaning "one half", being a reference to a spouse I found that some indexes of cemetery records use the abbreviation "ss /w", meaning "shared stone with" Do you know if the "SS" is actually on the stone, or do you just have the records ? Maybe "SS" in those records means "shared stone with" ----- Original Message ----- From: <Njcnlloyd@aol.com> To: <heitmann@clark.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 12:11 PM Subject: QUESTION.. Pat, please help me...have headstones reading: John E. Loyd 07-30-1813/10-26-1891 SS Winnie E. Winnie M. Loyd.............(sometimes found Winnie "E." sometimes "M") 11-18-1821/06-14-1893 SS John E. what does the "SS" stand for? Cannot be the "Surviving Spouse"....have several of these. S/DUH!!