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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets, soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as well as the...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Includes cemetery names; year of consecration of cemetery or oldest known gravestone or burial; location of cemetery; printed and manuscript sources for the cemetery from New England Historic Genealogical Society, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and official Massachusetts vital records to 1850; and contact information for office affiliated with cemetery.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Unearth clues to your past. Not all research can be done from home - sometimes you have to head into the field. Cemeteries are crucial for any genealogist's search, and this book will show you how to search for and analyze your ancestors' graves. Discover tools for locating tombstones, tips for traipsing through cemeteries, an at-a-glance guide to frequently used gravestone icons, and practical strategies for on-the-ground research. And once you've...
12) Hope Cemetery
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Series
Pub. Date
2018
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Description
Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, is one of New England's most renowned graveyards. This 85-acre "open-air museum" is noted for the artistry and craftsmanship of its monuments, derived exclusively from legendary Barre gray granite. The cemetery attracts thousands of visitors every year, particularly when the foliage turns during fall. Barre was a boomtown with a rapidly rising population of European immigrants, especially those from Italy and Scotland,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Includes history of the cemetery, layout, flora, statistical analysis, cultural trends, gravestone materials, headstone and monument types, headstone symbols, headstone manufacturers, as well as biographical profiles of: Allen family (and information on the Ethan Allen monument), George F. Edmunds, John Ellsworth Goodrich, Commander Jonas Hannibal Holden, Buffalo Soldier Sgt. George Osborne, Edward John Phelps, Frank Oscar Sinclair, and Samuel White...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Includes history of the cemetery, symbols and icons, flora, mystery of lot 232, statistical analysis, history of Elmwood Avenue, Elmwood Meunier Funeral Home, biographical information on clockmaker Lemuel Curtis and Frances Monstresor Brush Buchanan Allen Penniman, and veterans at Elmwood Cemetery