For the most part, headstones seem to allways face east. Can anyone tell me why this is? Phil My Interests: In Lincs -JOHNSON, FENWICK, BANCROFT, SOMERSCALES, PARNELL, WILLERTON, WILLOWS, WILLEY, BARKER, SEARBY, HOLGRATH, SURFLEET, TOMLINSON, BRUMFIELD In London/Middlesex - NEWMAN, MAZEMORE, BARNFATHER, BANKS, GIBBS, SCHOLFIELD, STRONG, EBERLET

1. to catch the first glimmer of the rising sun 2. Tradition 3. This goes back a long, long ways, to when people used to meditate to the east. Everything in religion happens in the east. --- helnphil <helnphil@telusplanet.net> wrote: > For the most part, headstones seem to allways face > east. Can anyone tell me > why this is? > > Phil > > My Interests: > > In Lincs -JOHNSON, FENWICK, BANCROFT, SOMERSCALES, > PARNELL, WILLERTON, > WILLOWS, WILLEY, BARKER, SEARBY, HOLGRATH, SURFLEET, > TOMLINSON, BRUMFIELD > > In London/Middlesex - NEWMAN, MAZEMORE, BARNFATHER, > BANKS, GIBBS, > SCHOLFIELD, > STRONG, EBERLET > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > THE STRONG GENEALOGY NETWORK web site: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5744/ > > Register of Strong ancestors, by location. > Links to websites with Strong data (GEDCOM to HTML) > ========================================================== > ===== Colleen Sue Downey Morse writer, Toastmaster, genealogist, researcher, seeker "No coward soul is mine." ----Charlotte Bronte "I made an error in judgement. I mistook personality for character." ----Emma Harte __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com