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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.

Tomb With a View PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 31 October 2004
By Rekha Shetty, November & December 2004

How's this for voices from the grave: California inventor Robert Barrows is seeking a patent for tombstones that display video messages from the dearly departed. For a small fee, the bereaved or the merely curious could view any of the screens in the cemetery by renting wireless headsets and remote controls. Don't want strangers hearing your life's story? Barrows plans to add a signal blocker so that only approved viewers can watch. He expects a patent ruling in the next six to 12 months; if he gets the okay, he hopes that customers will shell out 20 to 30 percent more for talking tombstones than for nongabby graves.

Other entrepreneurs have already made the leap into high-tech grieving. Making Everlasting Memories, a Cincinnati-based company, has a patent for grave screens that display photos and family tributes. And a new online service, LastWishes.com, lets you e-mail posthumous messages, video clips, and audio clips to loved ones after you're gone (you write the notes before you die, of course). Which means you can now nag family members well into your next life.

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/Articles/a2004-10-28-mag-tomb.html
 
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