Burkely Hermann · @historyhermann
36 followers · 46 posts · Server genealysis.social
GeniAus (Jill Ball) · @GeniAus
274 followers · 257 posts · Server genealysis.social
GeniAus (Jill Ball) · @GeniAus
271 followers · 220 posts · Server genealysis.social

Visiting Ann was one of the highlights of our recent holiday
geniaus.blogspot.com/2023/08/v

#Genealogy #cemeteries #familyhistory

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Brian Hall · @tauycreek
37 followers · 1216 posts · Server zirk.us

"Our days on the Earth
Are as a shadow, and
There is none abiding."

Susie Manley in Simerwell Cemetery.

instagram.com/p/Cp8Bf1uPSeR/

#kansas #cemeteries #history

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Simon · @sbrackenborough
760 followers · 769 posts · Server zirk.us

Not sure why the walls of West Norwood cemetery are so high (around 4m in places), was it to deter body snatchers? Or did they fear the dead might escape?

#london #cemeteries #whysohigh

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Jim Wald · @CitizenWald
1342 followers · 3997 posts · Server historians.social

Across the Country Are Embracing New Roles as Performance Venues | Strings Magazine

stringsmagazine.com/cemeteries

intriguing trend bringing together , , cultural tourism, sociability.

Quite true, as the piece notes, that the new "garden" or "park" cemeteries--emphasizing a different attitude toward death--were C19 tourist attractions. There are accounts of visitors to Boston who were more interested in seeing Mount Auburn Cemetery than Harvard

#cemeteries #music #historicpreservation

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Beth Winegarner · @bethwinegarner
66 followers · 88 posts · Server sfba.social

In TWO WEEKS my book will be out in the world! Come celebrate with me and Heather Bourbeau as we talk about San Francisco's forgotten cemeteries on Aug. 29 at @booksonthepark, or tune in online. It's going to be a great conversation!
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#literary #literaryevents #bookevents #booklaunch #bookstagram #cemeteries #SFHistory #sanfrancisco #californiahistory #graveyards

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MarcNo · @MarcNo
427 followers · 1070 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
MarcNo · @MarcNo
427 followers · 1070 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Cory · @aitkesandpains
256 followers · 137 posts · Server mastodon.nz

Walked to the Cemetery today, what a beautiful and peaceful location in the Hanmer forest 🪦

#hanmer #nz #cemeteries

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Martin James · @heritagefamily
105 followers · 334 posts · Server genealysis.social

Discarded gravestones in San Francisco.

Burials have been banned in the city limits for 120 years, but there were cemeteries there before that date, si what happened to them. This BillionGraves blog explains

blog.billiongraves.com/discard

#cemeteries #sanfrancisco #rip

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Brian Hall · @tauycreek
36 followers · 1174 posts · Server zirk.us
MarcNo · @MarcNo
427 followers · 1057 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

In memory of William H. Woods,
son of Deacon Ebenezer
& Mrs. Mary Woods,
who was killed by
lightning July 22nd
1805 in the 16th
Year of his age
Turkey Hill Graveyard, Merrimack, NH

#tombstone #graveyard #cemetery #cemeteries #gravestone #taphophile #taphophilia

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Brian Hall · @tauycreek
38 followers · 1141 posts · Server zirk.us

A quick look at ten in Shipshee Cemetery, a cemetery on the Prairie Band Pottawatomie Reservation. I also tried to find something about the person if I could.

post.news/@/tauycreek/2T4orXkb

#gravestones #JacksonCounty #kansas #cemeteries #history

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MarcNo · @MarcNo
427 followers · 1056 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

In the Memory of Mr. George Blackman who Died May ye 25th 1756
Aged 56 years
Death by Lightning

#tombstone #graveyard #cemetery #cemeteries #gravestone #taphophile #taphophilia

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MarcNo · @MarcNo
427 followers · 1056 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Brian Hall · @tauycreek
37 followers · 1104 posts · Server zirk.us

The John Francis Wright family of Marysville and Topeka, Kansas. A new gravestone post at...Post.

🪦post.news/@/tauycreek/2SIazzpr

#kansas #history #cemeteries #gravestones

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Brian Hall · @tauycreek
35 followers · 1083 posts · Server zirk.us

One of the men who helped extend the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe to New Mexico and his wife. Judson and Archanna Winston.

post.news/@/tauycreek/2RzESfGH

#topeka #kansas #kansashistory #history #cemeteries #gravestones

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MarcNo · @MarcNo
418 followers · 1044 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
MarcNo · @MarcNo
418 followers · 1044 posts · Server mastodon.cloud