Posts about cemetery records and cemeteries, including primary sources  documenting deaths and burials and finding grave-sites.

14 Sep 2010

Berggren Brothers of Ishpeming, Michigan

By |14 Sep 2010|Cemetery Records, Obituaries, Swedish Genealogy|1 Comment

The Berggren Brothers of Ishpeming, Michigan, who died together in an 1889 mine accident, are featured this Tombstone Tuesday. Lars Erik and Per August Berggren met "their fate in the usual way,” while mining [...]

7 Sep 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Alfrieda Kirschstein Schaaf

By |7 Sep 2010|Cemetery Records, Kirschstein|0 Comments

This Tombstone Tuesday: Alfrieda Kirschstein Schaaf, my great-aunt (or grand-aunt if you want to be technical.) Alfrieda Charlotte Anna Elizabeth Kirschstein Schaaf was my grandmother’s baby sister, born in Chicago on 26 Nov 1894, [...]

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