Sentimental Sunday: Voices From the Tomb
Posted by Liv | Filed under Sentimental Sunday
Today is Veterans Day 2012 and since I have not had the honor and privilege of visiting the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia just yet, I was very fortunate and glad that one of the organizations I follow on Twitter – Interment.net (@intermentnet) – shared the link to Voices From the Tomb! After hearing family and friends [...]
Tags: Arlington National Cemetery, cemetery, documentary, Honor Guard, Maryland, MD, Montgomery College, Montgomery County, painstaking preparation, rigorous testing, Tomb, Tomb Guards, United States Army, Unknown Soldier
Follow Friday: FindAGrave, BillionGraves, and Interment.net
Posted by Liv | Filed under Follow Friday
It’s Follow Friday at geneabloggers.com and today I recommend three online databases of cemetery records that should be very helpful with your family research; enjoy! FindAGrave.com, developed in 1995, founded in 1998, and incorporated in 2000, is a website that contains a massive list of cemeteries and graves from all over the world. As of July 27, [...]
Tags: billiongrave app, billiongraves.com, cemetery, cemetery records, database, findagrave.com, GPS-tagged photos, graves, headstone, interment.net, smart phone app, tombstone
Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph & Ethel Chapple
Posted by Liv | Filed under Cemetery, Chapple, Surname, Tombstone Tuesdays
My maternal grandfather, Joseph Chapple, was born 2 Jun 1902 and died 23 Aug 1966. After the death of his wife, Estella Smith Chapple on 30 Jul 1930, he married Ethel Abrams Thompson nine years later on 19 Jan 1939. Ethel was born 28 Mar 1902 and died 28 Apr 1983. The Chapple grave site is located [...]
Tags: cemetery, chapple, Ethel Chapple, family history, Golden Gate, gravesite, houston, joseph chapple, texas, tombstone
