Monday, June 9, 2008

Symbolism on gravestones

Have you ever looked at a tombstone and wondered just what the image that is engraved in the stone means? While doing the cemetery transcriptions and photographing markers, I see so many different engravings. Some easily portray the meaning, others sometimes leave me wondering. If you would like study this further, below are some links that will help or you can just type Gravestone Symbolism into your browser.

http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave.shtml
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cemetery/reid.html

Also, initials for organizations can be found here:
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/grave_symbols.shtml

Happy Searching,
Jan