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Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and
Indian Raid on Deerfield
by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney
This very readable and well-researched book
is of great value for understanding the
early settlements of the Connecticut
Valley—the players and their motivations.
There are many markers in area burial
grounds recording captives, returned or
lost.
Softcover, 376 pages
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Like Tablets of
the Law Thrown Down: They Colonial Jewish
Burying Ground, Newport, Rhode Island
By David Mayer Gradwohl
This
study is the first undertaken from the
perspective of historical and
ethno-archaeology, and was sponsored by a
Touro National Heritage Trust Fellowship.
Established in 1677, Newport's Colonial
Jewish Burying Ground served as the cemetery
for New England's Jews throughout the 17th
and 18th centuries, up into the 1840's at
which time Massachusetts permitted Jews to
establish cemeteries there.
This study explores the gravestone forms and
mortuary symbolism of these Colonial Jews as
well as the linguistic traditions
represented in their epitaphs.
Softcover, 69
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Enfield, Connecticut
Stories Carved in Stone
By Bob Clark
Enfield,
Connecticut Stories Carved in Stone
by Bob Clark is the fourth book in the
Stories Carved in Stone series extends the
scope outside of West Springfield,
Massachusetts, which was the genesis of this
project. Together these books present a full
picture of the gravestone carvers, the
mourning practices, and the families who
lived and died here. Gravestone fans and
genealogists alike will find much to explore
in these old cemeteries.
Softcover, 272
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Holyoke,
Massachusetts Stories Carved in
Stone
By Rusty Clark
Holyoke,
Massachusetts - Stories Carved in Stone,
takes you into Holyoke's graveyards for a
look at more than two hundred and fifty
years of history, and the people who lived
it. This third book in the Stories Carved
in Stone series completes the three-part
overview of early West Springfield,
Massachusetts, before Agawam and Holyoke
became towns. Together they present a full
picture of the gravestone carvers, the
mourning practices, and the families who
lived and died here. Gravestone fans and
genealogists alike will find much to explore
in these old cemeteries. It contains an
extensive index of local family names and
places.
Softcover, 196 pages,
black and white images
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Agawam,
Massachusetts Stories Carved in Stone
By Rusty Clark
Covering the
colonial-era cemeteries of Agawam, this book
includes the sensational account of the days
and events leading up to the grisly axe
murder/razor suicide of Samuel and Harriet
Leonard as written and narrated by the
Reverend William B. Sprague at the interment
services in 1826.
Softcover, 182 pages,
black and white images
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What
a Grave Undertaking: Quinette Cemetery, A
Slave Burial Ground
by Keith Rawlings, Illustrations by Jean M.
Little
This book
gives an AGS member's view of his life's
work: the preservation and documentation
of Kirkwood, Missouri's Quinette Cemetery, one
of five slave burial grounds in the state.
Rawlings updates the story of Quinette
introduced in his first book, Gone but
Not Forgotten with new information he
has discovered through his research and
preservation work. Historical records,
interviews, photographs, family histories of
those buried there and details on
restoration efforts are included.
Softcover,
200 pages, black and white images
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Philadelphia
Graveyards and Cemeteries
By Thomas H. Keels
From Arcadia Publishing’s Images of
America Series. Philadelphia Graveyards and
Cemeteries is the first pictorial history of
the city's burial sites, traces the story of
these silent cities of the dead from
Philadelphia's founding until the present.
It includes chapters on Colonial and Federal
graveyards; Laurel Hill Cemetery; the
Woodlands; other Victorian cemeteries;
neighborhood graveyards; African-American
burial sites; Catholic and Jewish
cemeteries; the trappings of death; and
vanished cemeteries. Included is over 200
photographs, many of them rarely seen, from
private collections and from Philadelphia's
major museums and historical collections.
Softcover,
128 pages, black and white photos.
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A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
By David Allen Lambert
Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. This helpful reference contains cemetery names, year of consecration of cemetery or the oldest known gravestone/burial, location of cemetery, printed and manuscript sources for the cemetery, and contact information for the office affiliated with the cemetery. A must for those with ties to Massachusetts!
Softcover, 272 pages, index.
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Preachers,
Patriots & Plain Folks: Boston's Burying
Ground Guide to King's Chapel, Granary, and
Central Cemeteries
By Charles Chauncey Wells and Suzanne Austin
Wells
This book chronicles
Boston’s most revered cemeteries. Includes
information on epitaphs and symbolism,
detailed maps and current gravestone
inventory, famous persons buried there, plus
Boston Tea Party and Revolutionary War
soldiers. Richly illustrated and indexed.
Softcover, 288 pages,
bibliography, index, maps.
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Boston's
Copp's
Hill Burying Ground Guide
By Charles Chauncey Wells
The author has
chronicled Boston's second oldest cemetery
with its famous personages and excellent
early New England folk art. The current
tombstone inventory with list of
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 soldiers'
lists and maps are included, as well as, a
number of brief articles on topics such as
the Boston Tea Party and various Boston
historical "hot spots."
Softbound, 106 pages
plus an addenda and a packet of maps of the
burying ground.
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By Their Markers
Ye Shall Know Them: A Chronicle of the
History and Restorations of Hartford's
Ancient Burying Ground
By William Hosley and Shepherd M. Holcombe,
Sr.
The story of Hartford,
Connecticut's 350-year-old Ancient Burying
Ground and the various efforts (beginning in
1896) to stop the deterioration of the
cemetery's sandstone markers. The book
contains information about fundraising,
conservation treatments, and outreach
programs.
Softbound, 189 pages, 70
photos. Includes inscription list and map of
the yard.
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Gravestone
Inscriptions, Brewster, Mass.
Compiled and edited by Charles E. Mayo
This book is an archival
quality facsimile edition of the 1898
mortuary record from the gravestones in the
Old Burial Ground, Brewster, Massachusetts.
Contains biographical and genealogical
notes.
Hardcover; 82 pages,
alphabetical index of names
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Tombstone
Inscriptions, Litchfield & Morris,
Connecticut
Transcribed by Charles Thomas Payne
This book is an archival
quality facsimile edition of the 1905
inscription record from cemeteries in
Litchfield and Morris, Connecticut. Twelve
cemeteries are included:
West Cemetery, East Cemetery, Bantam
Cemetery, Northfield Cemetery, Milton
Cemetery, Headquarters Cemetery, Morris
Cemetery, Footville Cemetery, East
Litchfield Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery,
Beach Family Burying Ground, and Soldier's
Lot.
Hardcover; 304 pages,
alphabetical index of names
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Cemetery
Inscriptions Portsmouth & Newcastle, New
Hampshire
By Arthur H. Locke, New Hampshire Historical
Society
This book is an archival
quality facsimile edition of the 1907
inscription record from nineteen cemeteries
in Portsmouth and Newcastle, NH. The names
are listed in alphabetical order.
Hardcover; 44 pages.
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