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This illustrated guidebook to New Jersey's old burial grounds is unique, not just for New Jersey, but for anywhere in America. Janice Kohl Sarapin introduces you to the history and lore of old graveyards. She shows you how to read epitaphs, how to date gravestones by style, how to restore an abandoned graveyard, and how to find out the stories of the people buried there. She describes more than 120 fascinating old burial grounds throughout the state (including the cemeteries of African-Americans, Jewish communities, and other ethnic and religious groups). She provides full directions and details about what makes each one special as well as suggestions for planning your visit and for educational activities to use with children and adults.… (meer)
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Preface Old burial grounds fascinate me. I'm intrigued by the names, epitaphs, and artwork on the stones. The idyllic settings ofmany cemeteries appeal to me. I wonder about the history of the burial ground and about the people interred there. My interest began young on my family's occasional weekend outings to explore old graveyards. Now, as I see families pull off the road to take a closer look at a cemetery, I realize many people share this interest.
In Memory of Part One Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey: An Introduction I Scattered over the Hagstrom county maps of New Jersey, areas of green mark the locations of cemeteries. They come in all sizes, in many denominations. Some are large,well maintained, with new graves as well as old. Many are tiny, tucked into the corner of the woods, overgrown with weeds. Whether you call them cemeteries, graveyards, burial grounds,or burying grounds,they all hold much of interest to a visitor.
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127●Old Meetinghouse Burial Ground, Moss Hill Road, Smithville. The cemetery and meetinghouse in this shore community date back to the early 1800s. The burial ground contains white limestone and marble markers and fieldstones. The names inscribed are of the earliest settlers in the area: Leeds, Clark, Conover, Doughty, among others. The epitaph of Ann Clark reads: "She has done what she could."
This illustrated guidebook to New Jersey's old burial grounds is unique, not just for New Jersey, but for anywhere in America. Janice Kohl Sarapin introduces you to the history and lore of old graveyards. She shows you how to read epitaphs, how to date gravestones by style, how to restore an abandoned graveyard, and how to find out the stories of the people buried there. She describes more than 120 fascinating old burial grounds throughout the state (including the cemeteries of African-Americans, Jewish communities, and other ethnic and religious groups). She provides full directions and details about what makes each one special as well as suggestions for planning your visit and for educational activities to use with children and adults.