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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

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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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.

Bones dug up by workmen PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 16 July 2006
July 15, 2006
By SUZANNE ROBERTS 
Shrophisre, England

  Bones from a paupers’ grave dating back more than 100 years were unearthed by workmen digging a fresh plot at a Mid Wales cemetery, it was revealed today.
The 110-year-old bones were unearthed by contractors working at Newtown Cemetery and then left on a spoil heap, council bosses said. Officials from the authority said they were alerted by a member of the public who saw the remains

A spokesman for Powys County Council said contractors were working on a new grave and, while digging, accidentally caused the side of the paupers’ grave next to it to collapse.

The incident led to the remains of the grave’s two occupants being released.

Council spokesman John Evans said: “Contractors were working on a new grave when the side of it collapsed, and material from the next-door paupers’ grave fell in.

“The contractors spotted it had collapsed and carried out work to restore it, but obviously they missed a bit.

“The scoop probably picked up the bones before the collapse was noticed.”

http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_article.php?aID=46839

 
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