Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards (Messages from the Dead)

Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards (Messages from the Dead)

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Guide to Historic Cemeteries

Understanding Cemetery Symbols by Tui Snider is a reference book for genealogists history buffs ghost hunters and others seeking to learn the forgotten meanings of cemetery symbols in historic graveyards.

Find out:

Why garden cemeteries were AmericaÕs first public parksThe difference between a cemetery and a graveyardHow the skull and crossbones evolved into cherubsWhy symbols matter

Learn about:

The different types of American cemeteriesThe history of grave robbingThe symbolic meaning of coins stones and seashells at grave sitesCommon Latin phrases on headstones

Identify:

Saints angels and other cemetery statuarySymbols for secret societies and clubsDifferent types of crossesCommon cemetery architecture stylesThe symbolic meaning of plants flowers and treesDifferent types of headstone styles monuments and mausoleums

Series: Messages from the Dead (Book 1)

Paperback: 230 pages

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (May 30 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1547047216

ISBN-13: 978-1547047215

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces

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