All the Cemetery Symbols Explained and Translated

By Lorelle VanFossen
Categories: Genealogy Techniques, Genealogy Resources

John Elwell Tombstone in Monroe, Washington, photograph copyright Lorelle VanFossenCemeteries and Cemetery Symbols is a fascinating blog which is “Exploring the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard mysteries. For genealogy sleuths, taphophiles and goth kids.”

For the genealogist fascinated with cemeteries and their symbolism, this blog is a delight! I’ve been through many cemeteries looking for relatives and finding interesting designs on tombstones, and have puzzled over their meaning. Now I have a great resource for helping answer many of my questions about those symbols.

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All the Cemetery Symbols Explained and Translated is Issue Number 211 published October 14, 2006, by Lorelle VanFossen. This is just one of many articles found in the Genealogy Techniques, Genealogy Resources categories. Lorelle VanFossen writes for a variety of blogs, websites, ezines, and print publications. She also teaches and does a lot of public speaking internationally on photography, writing, blogging, web page design and development, and more. She and her husband and cat(s) travel full-time across North American and the rest of the world by RV, planes, trains, automobiles, and foot, writing and photographing their travels and nature, when they can find it. Lorelle VanFossen has written 231 articles for our our family history blog.

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