BoarHog Loc: Croaker, VA

This one was on a little peninsula in Canada

EricLPT Loc: Jonesborough TN

Here's a few more from local NE TN cemeteries.

Eric

Cornishpete Loc: Illinois

The church of St Germanus at Maker in Cornwall, UK. This church was consecrated in 1259 (When we Brits talk 'old' we mean OLD!

Milocat

I was going to suggest FAG and strongly urge those who like to photograph cemeteries and graves to contribute. My other hobby is genealogy and I am very grateful to those who have made the effort and taken the time to post pictures of gravestones.

renomike Loc: Reno, Nevada

Childs grave marker... Destroyed by someone thoughtless. All three from the same forgotten cemetery on California Highway 101, central part of the state.

Last one my ggggrandmothers tombstone.

Mike

Babushka317 Loc: Vermont

I am also a Volunteer OF www.findagrave.com in Vermont. I have found headstones for several people asking for photos of them while doing their genealogies. It has been very rewarding for me as I learn a lot of History in this area at the same time.

Photopat

One of my Fav

belwj Loc: Berkshires, Ma

Here is one from the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

renomike Loc: Reno, Nevada

Jan and I took these photos on a visit to Virginia City, Nv. on Christmas day. These are a few of the beautiful stones and ornate fencing still standing. Below is a little history of the cemetery.

The historic cemeteries of the Comstock are among the last survivors of the roar and silence that defined the fabric of the Comstock.

The cemeteries are memorials to the laboring classes that toiled behind the machinery of industrialized mining. The Irish, Welsh, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, German, and numerous other ethnic and religious groups lived and died while working the mines and supporting the communities of the Comstock. In their glory days, the cemeteries were a collection of Victorian parks spilling across the desert landscape in a green patchwork of flowers, shrubbery, flowing water, and neatly painted fences.

Despite the glowing reports of the times and the historic position of the cemetery as the forerunner to national parks, the Comstock cemeteries today are imminently threatened. Overgrown vegetation, erosion gullies and water run-offs, missing or dilapidated markers, a mix of inappropriate or counter productive restoration efforts, and a lack of cultural resource protection is leading to ultimate destruction.

All of the cemeteries have been impacted by theft and vandalism. This is evident by missing ironwork, missing finials, missing or broken
tombstones.

Mike

Civil War Tombstone

EricLPT Loc: Jonesborough TN

Mike,

That is some great cemetery work. Coupled with the information that is a very nice presentation.

Thanks for that.

Eric

Bruce H Loc: Oregon Coast

Some nice shots, and my wife thought I was strange... I have some to share.

EricLPT Loc: Jonesborough TN

Bruce those are some very good graveyard photos and BTW every man's wife thinks he is strange ;-).

Thanks for sharing those and feel free to share some more at any time, you post quality work.

Eric

William Loc: Mississippi

That's GOOD NEWS. BV

William Loc: Mississippi

Intresting work Nan, Bravo. Bv

whitewitch Loc: Buffalo NY

Well I don't think you're strange at all. I love visiting old cemeteries and taking pictures of the tombstones. There's so much history there :-o