I think it a German word. My G.Grandmother's stone is in German. I had it transcribed by some man in Oceanside. I try to find the Translation. I think its the German word for Death. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Hunt" <shirleyjimbo2000@yahoo.com> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] NOD on a gravemarker > Did you ever find an answer to this question? > I have been asking all of my genealogy and historical society friends if > they ever heard of NOD on a headstone. The questions they asked were: > What was the time period or date this is listed (only 1930)? > Where on the headstone was the NOD listed (on top of name, after the > date?) > What part of the country or state are these graves? > Please let me know if you got an answer or know the answers to my > questions concerning the NOD > My first thought was the the OD part is "of death", like TOD is "Time of > death" > Thanks, > Shirley Hunt > > Sande <aunt_sande@yahoo.com> wrote: > Has anyone encountered the letters NOD on a headstone or in the cemetery > records? Do you know what the initials mean? Someone sent me pics of the > headstones of some ancestors and the deed to the same plots, dated 1930. > What I am wondering is...does this maybe mean that the person is not > buried there or not dead yet? Or.... what does it mean? When I looked at > the cemetery map there were no other plots that had that on them, except > the ones for my distant family members. > > Thanks in advance, > Sande > > > Please support me in my walk to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis > http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/AlecsandraBihlmaier > > As far as our love flows; as far as our hope grows; as far as our yearning > goes; -- we are no farther one from another. ~ L. Annie Foerster > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Shirley > > > --------------------------------- > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >