I will also place pages on how to transcribe a cemetery, abbreviations commonly used in transcriptions, as well as many other interesting facts on cemeteries and/or graveyards. Do you know the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard? The answer to this and other commonly asked questions (and myths) will be answered in these pages. Please read the following articles, they contain valuable information on Cemetery Preservation!
This was sent to me by Faye "Mary" Fulford Moore
I thought it was appropriate to include on this page so that you could enjoy it as well!
Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown
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