The Chicago Tribune has declined to hear the case of the preservation of the cemetery that sits on land O’Hare Airport wants for expansion. This means that the ruling of a lower court will stand and likely the known 1,000 people buried there will be disinterred. St. Johannes Cemetery is 161 years old. I am […]
It’s easy to do this by taking advantage of a cemetery tour in your area. October brings historical cemetery tours in many localities. Beware of the ghosts! I found these examples: Alexandria, Virginia: www.alexcolonialtours.com/graveyard.html Atlanta, Georgia: www.oaklandcemetery.com/capturingHalloween.html Northfield, Minnesota: www.northfieldhistory.org/ Biloxi, Mississippi: www.gulfcoast.org/events/index.cfm?EventID=1761 Carson City, Nevada: http://carsonnow.org/event/10/13/2010/friends-low-places-carson-city-cemetery-tour The easy way to find them is to […]
The newspapers this summer had been full of stories about the horrible situation at Arlington National Cemetery. The records and some burials at Arlington in Northern Virginia are a mess. I can’t imagine the pain that the families of the military dead are suffering since finding out that stones are missing, some may not be […]
Here’s a link to a photo of the grave witching demonstration I was at recently when I presented a two day seminar in Norfolk, Nebraska. A very interesting demo! Thanks to Susan Peterson for sending me the link to her blog and the picture.
For some time now, I have been reading about Chicago’s plans to add a runway to O’Hare International Airport. Sadly, this necessitated the moving of many bodies buried in St. Johannes’ Cemetery on the land. Today’s Chicago Tribune carries a story that the court has put a stop to this, even for some families that […]
Sometimes privacy laws make absolutely no sense. An article was posted on the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal‘s website today that tells the story. Two researchers have undertaken the task of identifying the graves of men who fought in the Civil War. One in particular happens to have died at the Milwaukee Hospital for the Insane and […]
Today’s Washington Post carries the story of remains found in New Mexico that were identified and the steps that were involved. The young man was a Buffalo Soldier, one of many African American men who served in the U.S. army in the “west.” The bones and skull had to be matched after those from this […]
During World Wars I & II, 1.7 million men and women died during their service to the Commonwealth. The London Times recently carried an article that listed databases, collections, and hints to use in tracing the war graves. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission alone covers cemeteries found in 150 countries that represent those 1.7 million […]