Questions tagged [grave-marker]
For questions about headstones, memorials, monuments, and other artifacts that commemorate the death of a person.
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Of a death certificate and a gravestone, which record should be trusted more in determining birth date?
I have an ancestor for whom I have very little information for. I am trying to identify the exact birth date for this person. I have a death certificate which lists the birth date as "May 1st", ...
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How to recover information from a well weathered limestone tombstone?
I have several times now encountered limestone tombstones that are well weathered, as well as sometimes just dirty or have broken and have been face down or face up for years.
There are numerous ...
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Why use name Ebzeebra for Ebbot Millman (nee Martin) on 1840 gravestone at Marystow, Devon, England?
My 4th great grandmother Ebbot Martin was baptised on 7 Nov 1773 at Beaworthy, Devon, England.
Ebbot married John Millman on 14 Sep 1795, also at Beaworthy.
John and Ebbot had at least nine children:...
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