Beyond The Ghosts...A Cemetery Blog

Repairing the stones

G.E. Anderson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:10:24 +0000

For those unable to attend any of the Stones & Bones presentations, a pdf link to the damage/repairs section of the talk is below. Anecdotal notes are in the tiny, comic-strip conversation balloons on the upper left hand corner of the slides. Move the mouse over the balloon to make them appear. Stones & Bones pdf…Damage and repairs And don’t forget to check back this coming [...]

Overcrowded cemeteries

G.E. Anderson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:32 +0000

In London, gravesite sharing has become an uncomfortable-yet-necessary-to discuss option. The Guardian summed it up the best when it reported: “So you think London, population 8 million, is crowded with the living? There are many millions more under the soil of a city that has been inhabited for 2,000 years. And London is rapidly running out of [...]

One for the genealogists

G.E. Anderson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:46:37 +0000

Halloween is fun. Between trick or treating, anticipating unique costumes (I once saw someone dressed as a flower pot), house decorations, long-suffering pets in cute getups and children double-whammied by excitement and sugar highs, what’s not to like? And while I don’t write about ghosts or vampires, this year will be a little different as I’d like to [...]

Upcoming posts – November

G.E. Anderson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:40:23 +0000

For those unable to attend the October Stones & Bones presentations, sections of this slideshow will be broken out into articles over the coming months. November will feature the unique personal stories that were discovered. Special Note: Seattle Public Library will be podcasting the October 31 presentation. A link to their site will be posted as soon [...]

Mount Pleasant memories

G.E. Anderson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:18:42 +0000

Writers and artists have somehow always known cemeteries are a place of inspiration. Seattle-based writer Stacy Carlson, author of Among The Wonderful, shares her particular credo about Mount Pleasant. ——- There’s a blue-green house shaped like a barn on West Bothwell Street that’s half a block from a T-intersection. It’s a T because instead of another block of [...]