Tombstone Territory

While taking photos of tombstones to post on Find-a-grave , I'm finding a LOT of old tombstones that have been damaged or broken off by ...

Sailors, wives and children of costal communities usually enjoy a view of the sea throughout the eternities. Technorati Tags: Cemetery ,...

The death of a baby invokes extreme stress and loss in the lives of parents and family members.  The belief that families can be together fo...

With competing churches side by side, travel to graveyards was simplified.  Hopefully, the tombstones will survive the decline of old wooden...

A typical setting in days gone by in the East.  A life lived in the town where you grew up.  The church attended throughout your life and th...

There are thousands of lost and stranded cemeteries in the world.  Many are hidden in the woods, others are being slowly eaten by constructi...

Emma Louisa Berger Drew Mead was born in Iowa in 1852.  She moved to the gold country of California with her family at age six.  After marr...

Tombstone of Juliana Mulford, daughter of Matthew and Mary Hutchinson Mulford.  East Hampton Cemetery. 1781 – 24 Jan 1793 Technorati Tag...

The USS Arizona (BB-39) was launched on 19 Jun 1915, the last of the Pennsylvania-class battleships. She served the Navy well until she ...

Living in a mountain climate limits the season available to take tombstone photos.  There is something special about walking through the fal...

Strolling through the cemeteries of East Hampton. Technorati Tags: East Hampton , Cemetery , Tombstone

Old soft stone tombstones suffer greatly from freeze / thaw cycles over the decades.  Add brain dead teenage boys to the mix and the markers...

A close photo of the urn carving detail on the top of the tombstone of my great granduncle Atwood Drew   in the Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymou...

David and Anna Burgess Drew family tombstone in the Oak Grove Cemetery , Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Six of their eight children, a son-in-la...

The design of Sarah Durrant’s tombstone is frequently seen in cemeteries in Utah.  The design was popular for the markers children who died ...

Beautiful photos by Sue Armstrong of the Sanborn Cemetery north east of Bristol, New Hampshire – final resting place of several ancestors a...

Tombstone of John and Rose Hockstadt in the Garden of Remembrance Cemetery, Singapore. Technorati Tags: Tombstone , Singapore

Not all families have the resources to buy tombstones for their beloved family members who pass away.  They show their love by memorializing...

Nathaniel Grigsby was a dear friend of Abraham Lincoln.  In 1860, he was living in Norborne. He wrote to Lincoln and received an appointme...

Alma and Annie Hale Tombstone – Smithfield, Utah Technorati Tags: Tombstone , Smithfield Utah