"Headstone" Blogs & Blog Posts

New York state officials recently decided to humanize the headstones of deceased prisoners by including their names, and dates of birth and death, rather than just identification numbers. This change was made to acknowledge the humanity of those who...

Rosemary Grant makes recipes she finds on gravestones. Up until now, I was unaware that certain graves had recipes written on them. Including a recipe on a grave is a way to honor the person passed away through sharing a food they loved with the worl...

One of our readers is looking for help deciphering the symbol on an ancestor’s grave. This headstone in Sunrise, Minnesota, United States, is for John G Mold, a German immigrant to the US in... [[ This is an article summary. Please visit grave...

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.~ Joseph HallThere are places in this city that are as familiar to me as the Queensland skies. I used to live near the city's largest and oldest cemetery. Often, I'd go walking there in...