Do you have a question about cleaning or preserving a headstone? Share it in the comments, then join us for Hoosier Roots Live on October 6.
#HoosierRootsLive #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryPreservation #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #IndianaAncestors
#HoosierRootsLive #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryPreservation #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #IndianaAncestors
October 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Do you have a question about cleaning or preserving a headstone? Share it in the comments, then join us for Hoosier Roots Live on October 6.
#HoosierRootsLive #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryPreservation #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #IndianaAncestors
#HoosierRootsLive #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryPreservation #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #IndianaAncestors
Our library holds hundreds of cemetery books from across the U.S.—a goldmine for family historians! 🪦 Start exploring today: https://azwvgs.org/resources/catalog/search-results/?catSearchInput=Keyword&catSearch=Cemetery
#WVGS #GenealogyResearch #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #Library
#WVGS #GenealogyResearch #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #Library
June 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our library holds hundreds of cemetery books from across the U.S.—a goldmine for family historians! 🪦 Start exploring today: https://azwvgs.org/resources/catalog/search-results/?catSearchInput=Keyword&catSearch=Cemetery
#WVGS #GenealogyResearch #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #Library
#WVGS #GenealogyResearch #CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistory #Library
🪦 Visiting a cemetery this summer? Don’t forget your notebook, camera, gloves, and water! A little prep goes a long way.
What do YOU bring on your cemetery visits? Share your must-haves below! 👇
#WVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
What do YOU bring on your cemetery visits? Share your must-haves below! 👇
#WVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
June 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🪦 Visiting a cemetery this summer? Don’t forget your notebook, camera, gloves, and water! A little prep goes a long way.
What do YOU bring on your cemetery visits? Share your must-haves below! 👇
#WVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
What do YOU bring on your cemetery visits? Share your must-haves below! 👇
#WVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
New Podcast! 🔔 In this episode of Best Websites, we sit down with @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie to discuss using Find a Grave ethically. Listen here or wherever you find your podcasts: 🔗 familytreemagazine.com/podcasts/usi... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #FindAGrave
Using Find a Grave Ethically and Efficiently - An Interview with Daniel Loftus - Family Tree Magazine
In this episode of Best Websites, Daniel Loftus offers some valuable tips for using Find a Grave with more efficiency and respect for others in mind.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New Podcast! 🔔 In this episode of Best Websites, we sit down with @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie to discuss using Find a Grave ethically. Listen here or wherever you find your podcasts: 🔗 familytreemagazine.com/podcasts/usi... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #FindAGrave
📘 Your Guide to Cemetery Research is perfect for anyone tracing ancestors through burial records, gravestones & more. Learn how to find hidden cemeteries and decode headstone clues! 🪦
📍 Available now at WVGS Library!
#CemeteryResearch #AZWVGS
📍 Available now at WVGS Library!
#CemeteryResearch #AZWVGS
June 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📘 Your Guide to Cemetery Research is perfect for anyone tracing ancestors through burial records, gravestones & more. Learn how to find hidden cemeteries and decode headstone clues! 🪦
📍 Available now at WVGS Library!
#CemeteryResearch #AZWVGS
📍 Available now at WVGS Library!
#CemeteryResearch #AZWVGS
☀️ Longest day of the year = more time for cemetery research.
Visit an ancestral resting place, document gravestones, and honor their memory—respectfully.
📸 Share your favorite cemetery find or tip below.
#SummerSolstice #FxGS #CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #GravestoneHunting
Visit an ancestral resting place, document gravestones, and honor their memory—respectfully.
📸 Share your favorite cemetery find or tip below.
#SummerSolstice #FxGS #CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #GravestoneHunting
July 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
☀️ Longest day of the year = more time for cemetery research.
Visit an ancestral resting place, document gravestones, and honor their memory—respectfully.
📸 Share your favorite cemetery find or tip below.
#SummerSolstice #FxGS #CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #GravestoneHunting
Visit an ancestral resting place, document gravestones, and honor their memory—respectfully.
📸 Share your favorite cemetery find or tip below.
#SummerSolstice #FxGS #CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #GravestoneHunting
Find-A-Grave is celebrating 30 years with an interview featuring founder Jim Tipton.
What began three decades ago as a 3 a.m. passion project in a basement has grown into a global community with more than 265 million memorials!
news.findagrave.com/2026/05/18/b...
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
What began three decades ago as a 3 a.m. passion project in a basement has grown into a global community with more than 265 million memorials!
news.findagrave.com/2026/05/18/b...
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
Back to the Beginnings - Find a Grave News
This is our first post in a series reflecting on our beginnings and the amazing difference our community has made since Find a Grave was created. It’s been over thirty years since then! Find a Grav…
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May 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Find-A-Grave is celebrating 30 years with an interview featuring founder Jim Tipton.
What began three decades ago as a 3 a.m. passion project in a basement has grown into a global community with more than 265 million memorials!
news.findagrave.com/2026/05/18/b...
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
What began three decades ago as a 3 a.m. passion project in a basement has grown into a global community with more than 265 million memorials!
news.findagrave.com/2026/05/18/b...
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
New on the Southern Graves blog: The life of Charley Andrew White (1873-1951). From the shadow of the Colfax Massacre to marrying into the Long political dynasty, his story spans the boom and bust of the #Louisiana timber industry. 🌲🪦 -- tinyurl.com/9j7x8rpx
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
Charley Andrew White, Woods Superintendent (1873-1951)
Charley Andrew White, a woods superintendent in Grant Parish, LA. Discover his life in the timber industry and connection to the Long dynasty.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New on the Southern Graves blog: The life of Charley Andrew White (1873-1951). From the shadow of the Colfax Massacre to marrying into the Long political dynasty, his story spans the boom and bust of the #Louisiana timber industry. 🌲🪦 -- tinyurl.com/9j7x8rpx
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
#genealogy #cemeteryresearch
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog explores the #epitaphs on the #gravestones of three siblings in the Pace #family. Deep #faith is the running theme: one written by family, one a stanza of #poetry, and one a #Bible verse. -- tinyurl.com/3c26m3nm
#epitaph #cemeteryresearch #familyhistory
#epitaph #cemeteryresearch #familyhistory
Three Pace Siblings and the Faith Inscribed in Stone
Born just months after the Civil War ended, Thomas B. Pace Jr. lived through Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the upheavals of early 20th...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog explores the #epitaphs on the #gravestones of three siblings in the Pace #family. Deep #faith is the running theme: one written by family, one a stanza of #poetry, and one a #Bible verse. -- tinyurl.com/3c26m3nm
#epitaph #cemeteryresearch #familyhistory
#epitaph #cemeteryresearch #familyhistory
Trinity Church Cemetery records in Steuben County are being updated after more than a century without consistent revisions. Researchers are also seeking surviving church and cemetery records from across the county. #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryResearch
July 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Trinity Church Cemetery records in Steuben County are being updated after more than a century without consistent revisions. Researchers are also seeking surviving church and cemetery records from across the county. #IndianaGenealogy #CemeteryResearch
Celebrate Family History Month Day 17! Cemetery Stories.
🪦 Gravestones speak. From symbols to epitaphs, every detail is a clue. Have you ever found a family story in a cemetery?
#CemeteryResearch #AncestorStories #GravestoneTales
🪦 Gravestones speak. From symbols to epitaphs, every detail is a clue. Have you ever found a family story in a cemetery?
#CemeteryResearch #AncestorStories #GravestoneTales
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Celebrate Family History Month Day 17! Cemetery Stories.
🪦 Gravestones speak. From symbols to epitaphs, every detail is a clue. Have you ever found a family story in a cemetery?
#CemeteryResearch #AncestorStories #GravestoneTales
🪦 Gravestones speak. From symbols to epitaphs, every detail is a clue. Have you ever found a family story in a cemetery?
#CemeteryResearch #AncestorStories #GravestoneTales
New post up at the Southern Graves blog is about Charles Mullis (1813-1887), his three wives, and a general theory on how he went from being an uneducated farmer to a wealthy financier. -- tinyurl.com/3fdw8xec
#cemeteryresearch #Georgia #history #planterclass #AmericanSouth #ReconstructionEra
#cemeteryresearch #Georgia #history #planterclass #AmericanSouth #ReconstructionEra
Charles Mullis (d. 1887): From Uneducated Farmer to Financier
An urn-topped obelisk in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia, serves as a single monument to Charles Mullis and his thr...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
New post up at the Southern Graves blog is about Charles Mullis (1813-1887), his three wives, and a general theory on how he went from being an uneducated farmer to a wealthy financier. -- tinyurl.com/3fdw8xec
#cemeteryresearch #Georgia #history #planterclass #AmericanSouth #ReconstructionEra
#cemeteryresearch #Georgia #history #planterclass #AmericanSouth #ReconstructionEra
🪦 Cemeteries are more than resting places — they’re rich historical records waiting to be explored.
Have you used cemetery research in your family history journey? Take our poll and share your experience! You might be surprised at the clues hiding in plain sight.
#CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips
Have you used cemetery research in your family history journey? Take our poll and share your experience! You might be surprised at the clues hiding in plain sight.
#CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips
March 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🪦 Cemeteries are more than resting places — they’re rich historical records waiting to be explored.
Have you used cemetery research in your family history journey? Take our poll and share your experience! You might be surprised at the clues hiding in plain sight.
#CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips
Have you used cemetery research in your family history journey? Take our poll and share your experience! You might be surprised at the clues hiding in plain sight.
#CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips
Some people unwind with a spa day, others talk a nice walk and give 19th-century marble a gentle rinse. 🪦 But, before you grab a brush, here’s how to safely clean and preserve tombstones: 🔗 familytreemagazine.com/cemeteries/h... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Cemeteries #CemeteryResearch
How to Clean and Preserve Tombstones - Family Tree Magazine
The better preserved tombstones are, the more information they can offer genealogists. Here’s how to safely clean and preserve gravestones, as well as enhance the writing on them.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some people unwind with a spa day, others talk a nice walk and give 19th-century marble a gentle rinse. 🪦 But, before you grab a brush, here’s how to safely clean and preserve tombstones: 🔗 familytreemagazine.com/cemeteries/h... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Cemeteries #CemeteryResearch
🪦 Cemetery visits = genealogy gold!
Family plots, maiden names, military service—there’s so much to discover.
📸 Found something unexpected at a grave site? Tell us about it!
#AZWVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
Family plots, maiden names, military service—there’s so much to discover.
📸 Found something unexpected at a grave site? Tell us about it!
#AZWVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🪦 Cemetery visits = genealogy gold!
Family plots, maiden names, military service—there’s so much to discover.
📸 Found something unexpected at a grave site? Tell us about it!
#AZWVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
Family plots, maiden names, military service—there’s so much to discover.
📸 Found something unexpected at a grave site? Tell us about it!
#AZWVGS #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #FamilyHistory
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is a short post about the 1943 shooting death of World War I veteran Tom G. Padgett in Gastonia, North Carolina. -- tinyurl.com/3fape65z
#cemeteryresearch #veteran #WWI #homicide #crimeandcriminals #Georgia #NorthCarolina #familyhistory #southerngraves
#cemeteryresearch #veteran #WWI #homicide #crimeandcriminals #Georgia #NorthCarolina #familyhistory #southerngraves
Tom G. Padgett is Killed (1943)
The World War I veteran was shot in his left side with a pistol. Thomas Glover "Tom" Padgett was born on 10 July 1888 in Twiggs County, Geor...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is a short post about the 1943 shooting death of World War I veteran Tom G. Padgett in Gastonia, North Carolina. -- tinyurl.com/3fape65z
#cemeteryresearch #veteran #WWI #homicide #crimeandcriminals #Georgia #NorthCarolina #familyhistory #southerngraves
#cemeteryresearch #veteran #WWI #homicide #crimeandcriminals #Georgia #NorthCarolina #familyhistory #southerngraves
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is abt a young college student who accidentally stabbed herself with a fork. She died as a result. tinyurl.com/494ncknz
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
Injury Done with Fork Ends the Life of Cherry A. White (1909)
Decades before penicillin was widely available to the public, Cherry White had an accident with a fork. It cost her her life. Newspapers all...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is abt a young college student who accidentally stabbed herself with a fork. She died as a result. tinyurl.com/494ncknz
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
#Georgia Normal & Industrial College, est. 1889, evolved into today's Georgia College & State University.
#cemeteryresearch #history #gcsu
A gravestone may mark the burial. Cemetery records may reveal the relationships behind it. 🔗 buff.ly/SNNO5oI
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #AncestorResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch #GenealogyCommunity #EchoesOfKinGenealogy #GenealogyResearch
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #AncestorResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch #GenealogyCommunity #EchoesOfKinGenealogy #GenealogyResearch
https://echoes-of-kin-genealogy.com/how-to-research-cemetery-records-beyond-the-gravestone/
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September 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A gravestone may mark the burial. Cemetery records may reveal the relationships behind it. 🔗 buff.ly/SNNO5oI
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #AncestorResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch #GenealogyCommunity #EchoesOfKinGenealogy #GenealogyResearch
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #GenealogyTips #AncestorResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch #GenealogyCommunity #EchoesOfKinGenealogy #GenealogyResearch
What do the symbols on an ancestor’s gravestone mean? On Oct. 6 at 6 p.m., Jenny Harness will present a program on tombstone icons at the Marshall County Museum in Plymouth. The public is welcome. #CemeteryResearch
August 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
What do the symbols on an ancestor’s gravestone mean? On Oct. 6 at 6 p.m., Jenny Harness will present a program on tombstone icons at the Marshall County Museum in Plymouth. The public is welcome. #CemeteryResearch
Hot take: a cemetery visit is one of the best summer genealogy activities. 🌿☀️
You can find death dates, maiden names, family plots, and clues that records alone can't give you.
Any cemetery stops on your summer plans? Tell us where you're headed!
#CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
You can find death dates, maiden names, family plots, and clues that records alone can't give you.
Any cemetery stops on your summer plans? Tell us where you're headed!
#CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
June 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Hot take: a cemetery visit is one of the best summer genealogy activities. 🌿☀️
You can find death dates, maiden names, family plots, and clues that records alone can't give you.
Any cemetery stops on your summer plans? Tell us where you're headed!
#CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
You can find death dates, maiden names, family plots, and clues that records alone can't give you.
Any cemetery stops on your summer plans? Tell us where you're headed!
#CemeteryResearch #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Reminder: Class March 8th - Finding and Using Cemetery Records
Go to mngs.org/event-6016451 to register and for more information.
#CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch
Go to mngs.org/event-6016451 to register and for more information.
#CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch
February 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reminder: Class March 8th - Finding and Using Cemetery Records
Go to mngs.org/event-6016451 to register and for more information.
#CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch
Go to mngs.org/event-6016451 to register and for more information.
#CemeteryResearch #FamilyHistoryResearch
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is about the sensationalized #shooting #death of Manly Peacock (1877-1903), yellow #journalism, and the cultural blaming of #women. -- tinyurl.com/2t2xnha8
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
Sensationalized Shooting Death of Manly Peacock (1903)
Manly W. Peacock, son of Albert, was born on 6 March 1877. Two of his brothers were Jefferson D. Peacock , mentioned previously in this spac...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Latest up at the Southern Graves blog is about the sensationalized #shooting #death of Manly Peacock (1877-1903), yellow #journalism, and the cultural blaming of #women. -- tinyurl.com/2t2xnha8
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
#cemeteryresearch #historicalnewspapers #Georgia #history #yellowjournalism #womenarealwaystoblame
Julia Eveline
Wife of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, GA
Died Aug 6th, 1867
Aged 35 years
Greensboro City #Cemetery, Greene County, #Georgia
#cross #wreath #obituary #cemeteryresearch #cemeteryphotography #genealogy #familyhistory
Wife of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, GA
Died Aug 6th, 1867
Aged 35 years
Greensboro City #Cemetery, Greene County, #Georgia
#cross #wreath #obituary #cemeteryresearch #cemeteryphotography #genealogy #familyhistory
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Julia Eveline
Wife of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, GA
Died Aug 6th, 1867
Aged 35 years
Greensboro City #Cemetery, Greene County, #Georgia
#cross #wreath #obituary #cemeteryresearch #cemeteryphotography #genealogy #familyhistory
Wife of Dr. John T. Dickinson of Albany, GA
Died Aug 6th, 1867
Aged 35 years
Greensboro City #Cemetery, Greene County, #Georgia
#cross #wreath #obituary #cemeteryresearch #cemeteryphotography #genealogy #familyhistory
If interested, I just posted a 1908 news article about the #stabbing of Bulloch at the Southern Graves blog -- tinyurl.com/yc7b7nxd
#cemeteryresearch #madethenews #violentdeath #genealogy #familyhistory #southerngraves
#cemeteryresearch #madethenews #violentdeath #genealogy #familyhistory #southerngraves
G. M. Bulloch was Stabbed to Death in 1908
Standing on the hallowed ground, merely a visitor scanning the stones, I rarely know what befell the remains buried below. Until I do the re...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If interested, I just posted a 1908 news article about the #stabbing of Bulloch at the Southern Graves blog -- tinyurl.com/yc7b7nxd
#cemeteryresearch #madethenews #violentdeath #genealogy #familyhistory #southerngraves
#cemeteryresearch #madethenews #violentdeath #genealogy #familyhistory #southerngraves
🌳 Explore Indiana history outdoors!
Visit cemeteries, parks, and landmarks that connect to your family story.
Drop a photo or favorite site below!
#IGS #IndianaGenealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #ExploreIndiana
Visit cemeteries, parks, and landmarks that connect to your family story.
Drop a photo or favorite site below!
#IGS #IndianaGenealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #ExploreIndiana
July 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🌳 Explore Indiana history outdoors!
Visit cemeteries, parks, and landmarks that connect to your family story.
Drop a photo or favorite site below!
#IGS #IndianaGenealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #ExploreIndiana
Visit cemeteries, parks, and landmarks that connect to your family story.
Drop a photo or favorite site below!
#IGS #IndianaGenealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #ExploreIndiana