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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Aboriginal child's remains being returned by museum PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Thursday, 17 August 2006
August 16, 2006
CBC News

Canada--The remains of an aboriginal child that have been on display at a private museum in the Vancouver Island community of Ladysmith are being returned to the nearby Chemainus First Nation.

The bones and the cedar burial box they're in are believed to be those of a six- to 10-year-old Coast Salish child who died between 100 and 150 years ago.

The Black Nugget Museum has had the remains on display since 1980.
 
Eric McLay, the archaeologist for local First Nations, says they were appalled when the museum display was reported to them last month.

However, they're pleased the museum has agreed to return the remains without a prolonged legal battle, McLay says.

"The museum owner is quite sensitive to the issue. It's been in his family for over a century. It was collected by his great great grandfather. He has a family connection to that and he's tried to respect, as best as he knows, this individual. 

"So, it's probably a case of cultural misunderstanding and misguided enthusiasm for First Nations' culture."

McLay says the remains will be collected this week, and sent to the Royal B.C. Museum for research and documentation before being returned to the Chemainus First Nation for burial.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/08/16/bc-bones.html


 
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