Tombstone Inscriptions of Alexandria, Virginia,

Tombstone Inscriptions of Alexandria, Virginia,
Author: Wesley E. Pippenger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781585492725

Some of the most valuable information available for genealogical and biographical research is that which is found inscribed on tombstones. It is often intriguing to speculate about any reasons for the choice of epitaph, cited scripture, or craft of monument - some of them being quite ingenious or ornate. This volume continues a series of tombstone inscriptions taken from monuments within the present limits of the City of Alexandria. It contains background discussion, inscription and support data for the following burial grounds: Bethel Cemetery. Bethel Cemetery was established in 1885 and is the resting place for over 10,000 burials. Data was taken from tombstones and burial permits. Each entry may include date of death and birth, age, cause of death, plot location, burial permit number, residence, lace of birth, and place of death. Consult other volumes in this series for additional data on other burial grounds, including nearly three dozen that have been destroyed or abandoned.

Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia
Author: Margaret C. Klein
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1979
Genre: Cemeteries
ISBN: 0806345721

The work in hand records tombstone inscriptions in 150 cemeteries, thirty-three church cemeteries, and some half-dozen proprietary cemeteries, resulting in the enumeration of perhaps as many as three thousand Orange County inhabitants, giving dates of birth and death and frequently specifying family relationships. To keep the data within practical limits, the author recorded the inscriptions of persons who either died before 1900 or were born before 1850.

Burial Grounds of Christ Church

Burial Grounds of Christ Church
Author: Edward L. Clark
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre:
ISBN: 1429093099

Christ Church Philadelphia and its Burial Ground is the final resting place of seven signers of the Declaration of Independence and five signers of the U.S. Constitution, the most famous burial being Benjamin Franklin. Also buried on church grounds are early American leaders, prominent lawyers, medical pioneers, and military heroes. In 1864, Church Warden Edward Clark compiled this book of all visible inscriptions in and around the church and at the 5th Street Burial Ground.

Irish Gravestone Inscriptions

Irish Gravestone Inscriptions
Author: William O'Kane
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1999
Genre: Cemeteries
ISBN: 0806316160

"The user will find graveyards listed by parish for the nine counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Louth, Monaghan and Tyrone."--Back cover.

Markers

Markers
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008
Genre: Cemeteries
ISBN:

Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862

Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862
Author: David Malkiel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2013-11-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004265341

From Renaissance to Risorgimento, the Hebrew tombstones of Padua express the cultural currents of their age, in text and art. The inscriptions are mainly rhymed and metered poems, about life, love and faith, while the design and ornamentation of the actual stones reflect prevailing architectural and artistic tastes. Additionally, the inscriptions illuminate the society of Padua's Jews, and the social and cultural changes they underwent during the 330 years covered by this study. Thus these tombstones capture the flow of Italian Jewish culture from Renaissance to Baroque, and from the early modern to the modern era.

Tombstone Inscriptions of King George County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions of King George County, Virginia
Author: Margaret C. Klein
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1979
Genre: History
ISBN:

Dr. Klein has recorded tombstone inscriptions from eighty family cemeteries, twenty-five church cemeteries, and several small proprietary cemeteries in King George County, Virginia. The result is this enumeration, giving the dates of birth and death and frequently specifying the family relationships of approximately 1,500 persons. The recorded inscriptions are limited, by and large, to persons who either died before 1900 or were born before 1850.