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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.

Interment Errors
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Date Item Title
August 19, 2009 Beloved husband & dad is mourned, but it's not his body in the casket
December 09, 2008 Father's body missing from cemetery
May 08, 2007 Funeral Director Wants To Bury Misplaced Body
February 01, 2007 Cemetery accused of selling same plot twice
August 09, 2006 City digs 3 wrong graves for family
August 04, 2006 Lawsuit Alleges 5,460 Bodies Lost at Miami Cemetery Due to Poor Records
June 15, 2006 Why dad's eco-funeral went horribly wrong
June 11, 2006 Dupont church sued in burial plot dispute
June 08, 2006 Misplaced Headstones At Clermont Co. Graveyard
June 06, 2006 Evegreen Cemetery Made a Mistake
June 01, 2006 A Tale of Two Bodies and a Single Grave
May 25, 2006 Funeral home buries wrong body
February 25, 2006 Families reeling after burial mistake
December 14, 2005 Body unidentified in morgue for 2 years
November 29, 2005 Dillon Montana - embroiled in burial mistake complaint
August 06, 2005 Family mourns daughter for 2nd time after identity mix-up
August 01, 2005 Woman Says Cemetery Lost Her Dads Grave
July 31, 2005 Chicago Area Cemetery Cant Find Dads Grave
July 27, 2005 Woman, son arrested after husbands corpse found in occupied grave
July 12, 2005 Bodies Of 2 Friends Exhumed From Wrong Graves
June 21, 2005 Family furious with cemetery
June 17, 2005 Hospital sued in wrong babys burial
May 05, 2005 Protesters Claim Funeral Home Mistreatment
April 30, 2005 County seeks missing remains
April 08, 2005 Wrong Person Buried In Familys Cemetery Plot
December 26, 2004 Funeral company accused of mixing up grave
December 25, 2004 Family: Mount Glenwood botched babys burial
December 19, 2004 Flawed burial claimed in suit
December 15, 2004 Flawed burial claimed in suit
December 15, 2004 Burial and cremation switched, court told
December 12, 2004 Burial plot occupied by stranger
December 05, 2004 Tramp buried instead of Nikolas II, Russias last emperor
November 21, 2004 Grave Confusion
October 31, 2004 20 years of grief at wrong grave
October 23, 2004 Husband sues after cemetery buries another next to his wife
October 15, 2004 Skull in Poet Petrarchs Tomb Not His
October 07, 2004 Families distressed by coffins not fitting graves
October 03, 2004 Cemeteries suspend plot sales
September 27, 2004 Burial mix-up brings back grief
September 10, 2004 Workers Unavailable To Open Crypt For Funeral Service
September 01, 2004 NLV Funeral Home Mixes Up Two Bodies
August 10, 2004 Daughters vow to resolve grave mistake
July 27, 2004 Grave Mistake
July 13, 2004 Family sues over missing body
July 10, 2004 Former St. Petersburg congressman buried in wrong grave
July 06, 2004 Grave error was a once in a lifetime mistake
July 02, 2004 Plot mixup puts burial on hold
June 19, 2004 Mans missing hands cause concern
June 17, 2004 Corpse mixup sparks lawsuit
May 25, 2004 Fiasco at funeral
 
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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

Bertolt Brecht