Maines Coastal Cemeteries

Author : Karen Wentworth Batignani
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ISBN 13 : 9780892726042
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine's Coastal Cemeteries written by Karen Wentworth Batignani and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a well-kept secret that people love cemeteries, says author Karen Batignani, and the interest in them is growing rapidly. In this guidebook, she presents 35 of Maine's most beautiful, historic, and interesting coastal cemeteries, each described in a lively and informative way. Descriptions include their locations, as well as information about unusual epitaphs, notable carvings, historically relevant details, folklore, and stories about well-known stonecutters, prominent people, and war veterans. She also delves into a brief history of New England graveyards, changes in headstone styles through time, and how those changes reflect evolving cultural attitudes toward death. She even includes advice on graveyard etiquette and photography tips. This guide will appeal to anyone interested in graveyards, graveyard art and photography, or history -- as well as those who want to discover more beautiful Maine places to visit.

Author : Penny Westfall
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by Penny Westfall and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roxie J. Zwicker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467150312
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore written by Roxie J. Zwicker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine's graveyards contain the ancient memories and last words of woodsmen, lighthouse keepers, inventors, sea captains and the people who called this rugged land home. In an island cemetery rests Tall Barney, a six-foot-seven folk hero who single-handedly took down fifteen men in a Portland bar. Kittery holds the grave for the crew of the doomed ship the Hattie Eaton. Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor is the final resting place for the famed "Sky Blue Madam" Fanny Jones and Public Enemy No. 1, gangster Al Brady. Camp Etna contains the grave of famed medium Mary Vanderbilt. Dead Man's Gulch in Wales holds many eerie tales of ghosts that refuse to leave. Join renowned author and tour guide Roxie Zwicker as she explores Maine's historic and legendary graveyards.

Author : William B. Jordan
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ISBN 13 : 9781556130670
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burial Records, 1717-1962, of the Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine written by William B. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern Cemetery is Portland's oldest burial ground. It is believed that burials were made here in the 1600s, but no records or markers survive from that period. Record keeping was equally lax in the 1700s. To bring order into the use of the cemetery, the Selectmen were authorized in 1795 to lay out the "Burial Ground into regular plats & divisions," but it was not until 1890 that a thorough and systematic survey of this large cemetery was finally done. At that time William Augustus Goodwin produced a listing of 4,136 gravestones, monuments, tombs, and grave sites, along with an accurate map showing the location of every marker. In compiling the present volume, Professor Jordan visited and checked each grave on the Goodwin map, and made additions and corrections as required. He also compared the stones with the extant burial records, and has included entries for allthose persons known to have been buried here, but for whom there are no markers. In addition, several appendices list individuals whose bodies were consigned to the Portland Medical School or the Maine Medical School for teaching purposes, individuals buried in the Alms House Yard, victims of the shipwreck of the Bohemia and the 1866 Portland fire, and individuals placed in the City Tomb whose subsequent burial place was not recorded in the city burial records. In this large collection of about 7,000 records, each entry gives the person's full name, death date, and burial location. Other data, such as age, relationships, military service, race, and religion are given where known. The data are alphabetically arranged by the name of the deceased, and there is a cross-index to other persons named. The introduction to the volume gives a detailed history of the cemetery.

Author : Carol Schulte
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1461741483
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts on the Coast of Maine written by Carol Schulte and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghostly tour of Maine's coast - twenty-five tales of hauntings and unexplained supernatural occurrences compiled by a woman whose family's home in coastal Maine is home to more than one ghost. Her interest in psychic phenomena was sparked by a request from the NBC series In Search of... for an interview about her family's haunted house. This is a different kind of tour, an intriguing, spine-tingling tour full of witches, mysterious disappearances, and things that go bump in the night.

Author : Penny Westfall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781585498871
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maine Cemeteries written by Penny Westfall and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... This volume concentrates on the historical cemeteries of Falmouth and Yarmouth and is comprised of over eleven thousand names. Although the majority of the readings are dated from the eighteen and nineteen hundreds this volume includes two cemeteries that date from the seventeen hundreds"--Verso of back cover.

Author : Leslie Rounds and Emory Rounds, on behalf of the Dyer Library Association
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467139971
Total Pages : 1 pages
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Download or read book Laurel Hill Cemetery of Saco, Maine written by Leslie Rounds and Emory Rounds, on behalf of the Dyer Library Association and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1844, Laurel Hill Cemetery was one of the first to follow the rural cemetery movement that began with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. These park-like arboretums provided peaceful, natural places to bury and visit the deceased. Nearly everyone who played a significant role in local history, as well as numerous less well-known people who led typical but historically revealing lives, has a grave in the cemetery. Authors Leslie and Emory Rounds chronicle the history of the cemetery and the fascinating stories of those buried there. These park-like arboretums provided peaceful, natural places to bury and visit the deceased. Nearly everyone who played a significant role in local history, as well as numerous less well-known people who led typical but historically revealing lives, has a grave in the cemetery. Authors Leslie and Emory Rounds chronicle the history of the cemetery and the fascinating stories of those buried there.

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Download or read book Maine Cemetery Inscriptions written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Clark Willoughby
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Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Prehistoric Burial Places in Maine written by Charles Clark Willoughby and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: