Under Every Tombstone

As I say in my Find a Grave profile, "There is a story under every tombstone". While photographing graves for Find A Grave or genealogy research, I have come across many interesting stories about the people buried under those tombstones. In this blog I will share some of the most interesting of these stories with you. Why? So these people will not be forgotten. ~~~~~Jim Craig - Evanston, Illinois USA - A member of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits~~~~ Contact me at: jwcraig1100@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

"YOUR BROKEN-HEARTED FAMILY" - Daniel Banzuly

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This one started a little differently than most of my grave photos - this one started with an "In Memoriam" notice in the Chicago...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

THE SINS OF THE SON ARE VISITED ON THE FATHER - Nathan F. Leopold, Sr.

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Most Chicagoans are familiar with the story of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr.  They were two brilliant and wealthy young men who set ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

WHAT IS THAT ON HIS TOMBSTONE??? - Wallace Rader

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Yesterday on my lunch hour I went over to the Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery to do a Find a Grave photo request (what else?).  After I had ...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

LOST IN THE SS SCHILLER DISASTER - Moses Kahn

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As a student of history I thought that I was aware of most all of the maritime disasters of modern times.  A trip to Rosehill Cemetery last...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT - Francis Malone

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Francis Malone was born January 17, 1760 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Malones were originally from County Westmeath in Ireland and one o...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY - Virginia Richdale Kerrigan

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This sad story takes us all the way to Hollywood, California:  OUR LOVE BABY - VIRGINIA RICHDALE KERRIGAN For years I have been fasc...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

"AND IN OUR HEARTS HE LEFT A LEAK" - Marvin Schwartz and His Sister Jeanette

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Children are often buried in a separate part of the cemetery away from the adults.  Childrens' burial sections have to be the saddest p...
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