See if you can find anything here ! http://www.cem.va.gov/hmemb.htm GRAVEN IMAGES http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/grave.htm GRAVE SYMBOLS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/grave_initials.htm OKLAHOMA FRATERNAL, SERVICE and OTHER http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/fraternal.htm cemeteries head stone symbol meaningsis: www.headstonehunter.com/meanings.htm Commemorative Motifs, Mourning Images, and Memento Mori Spider Web on a tombstone represents Human Frailty http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol2.html Headstone Acronyms http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/acronym.html Cemetery terms http://www.webb.net/sites/mac_home/mac.faq5.html#ctm SYMBOLS, LETTERS, AND MARKERS THAT ACCOMPANY TOMBSTONES Some of the most interesting things about cemetery records are the symbols, letters, and markers that accompany the tombstones. There are several military organizations that supply markers for members who have died. Some of them are: - http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR/--Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) - http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm--Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)--Veterans and Descendants of Union Civil War Soldiers - http://www.scv.org/--Sons of Confederate Veterans - http://www.feist.com/~wichvaro/marker.html--Department of Veteran Affairs/Headstone or Marker Program - http://www.vfw.org/homenon.shtml--Veterans of Foreign Wars