Photo: burial plot without gravestones at Julian Pioneer Cemetery, Julian, California. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Genealogy Tip: What to Do When There Is No Gravestone

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 20, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for when you’re researching an ancestor’s burial site but cannot find a gravestone... (Read More)

Photo: House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts.Credit: Daderot; Wikimedia Commons.

Quakers & Witch Trials: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Salem Family Line

By Melissa Berry on August 3, 2021

Melissa Berry concludes her story about a controversy over tombs in Salem, Massachusetts, focusing on the family lines of author Nathaniel Hawthorne... (Read More)

Photo: WWI grave marker. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Genealogy Tip: What a Gravestone Tells Us – Grave Markers

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 23, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the family history information and clues grave markers provide... (Read More)

Photo: the tomb of Francis Wainwright, Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts. Credit: Leslie (Burke) Fernandes and “The Guardian.”

Salem Uproar over Dilapidated Tombs, Part V

By Melissa Berry on July 22, 2021

Melissa Berry writes more about a controversy in Salem, Massachusetts, over Quaker tombs in 1835, focusing on the Turner, Berry and Wainwright families... (Read More)

Photo: Burying Point Cemetery from Charter Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips Library, from the collection of Frank Cousins.

Salem Uproar over Dilapidated Tombs, Part IV

By Melissa Berry on July 20, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about a controversy in Salem, Massachusetts, over some Quaker tombs in 1835, and Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of Edward Kitchen of Salem, Massachusetts, attributed to Pierpont Limner descended down the line to Andrew W. Sigourney, Esq. Courtesy of Sotheby’s Americana Auction 2018, Lot # 1240.

Salem Uproar over Dilapidated Tombs, Part III

By Melissa Berry on July 13, 2021

Melissa Berry continues her story about a controversy in Salem, Massachusetts, over some Quaker tombs in 1835, focusing on the Kitchen family tomb... (Read More)

Salem Uproar over Dilapidated Tombs, Part II

By Melissa Berry on July 7, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her story about a controversy in Salem, Massachusetts, over the treatment of some Quaker tombs in 1835... (Read More)

Photo: gravestone for Timothy Lindall, Burying Point Cemetery, 51 Charter Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Credit: Robert Buckley.

Salem Uproar over Dilapidated Tombs

By Melissa Berry on June 23, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a controversy in Salem, Massachusetts, over the treatment of some Quaker tombs... (Read More)

Photo: slate gravestone of Josiah Leavitt (1679–1717), Hingham Center Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Credit: dee E. Warenycia; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: What Does a Gravestone Tell Us?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 11, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the family history information and clues gravestones provide... (Read More)

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