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Exhuming the Histories of Stones & Bones

Exhuming the Histories of Stones & BonesExhuming the Histories of Stones & BonesExhuming the Histories of Stones & Bones
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Cemetery Histories

Cemeteries, Gravyards, Churchyards, Boneyards, God's Acres, Marble Gardens, and so on...

Graveyards go by many a name--after all, not all of them even have gravestones!  So what is in a name, really?  Why is this burial ground where it is and what it is?  Where did it come from?  Who started it?  These are the types of questions we will be focusing on here when looking into...

The Cemetery Histories

Taking a step back from our individual and family Grave Histories, let us better understand the context where our interred are.  Whether it is those random gravestones by the side of the street or a delicately designed columbarium and garden, these spaces themselves have stories too.  There is so much history to add to...

Our Beloved Dead

If you had any worry that we have drifted away from the individual Grave Histories, don't worry, you can still find them here!

Christ Church Churchyard

Christ Church Churchyard, Winnetka, IL (est. 1836)

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Church of the Holy Comforter Cloister

Church of the Holy Comforter Columbarium, Kenilworth, IL (est. 1926)

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Old City Cemetery (Channing Street Cemetery)

Old City Cemetery (Channing Street Cemetery), Elgin, IL (est. 1844c.)

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Graveyard of the Lady Elgin Unknown

Graveyard of the Lady Elgin Unknown, Highland Park, IL (est. pre-1860)


Photograph from The Chicago Sunday Tribune, 26 March 1899 (p. C1)

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Moederkerk Stellenbosch grafkelder & gedenkmure

Moederkerk Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa (est. 1801)

Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL (est. 1859)

Old Helena Cemetery

Old Helena Cemetery, Town of Wyoming, Iowa Co., Wisconsin (est. 1850c.)

Rawlings Cemetery

Rawlings Cemetery, Parke Co., Indiana (est. 1830c.)

Wunder's Cemetery

Wunder's Cemetery, Chicago, IL (est. 1859)

St. Joseph Cemetery

Cemetery, Catholic, Graves, History

St. Joseph Cemetery, Wilmette, IL (est. 1843)

Illinois State Training School Cemetery

Illinois State Training School Cemetery (a.k.a. Geneva Girls' School Cemetery), Geneva, IL (est. 1894)

Graceland Cemetery

Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL (est. 1860)

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