Keep an eye out for these genealogical clues when visiting family cemeteries.
Want to know a cheap and easy way to make family history headway?
Just visit a relative's final resting place. Keep an eye out for these
cryptic clues.
• Art: Do you see a symbol such as an hourglass, urn or tree
stump? Check the resources in our Cemetery Research Toolkit to find out what
these marks mean. The hourglass on Sarah Haris' tombstone represents
the flight of time.
• Epitaph: What verse did your relatives choose to
memorialize their loved one? Or did your ancestor write his own
epitaph? If that's the case, what can you infer about his personality?
Be sure to consider the verse in its historical context.