New site features symbols from Colorado cemeteries
Colorado genealogist Joe Beine has a new Web site called “Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols.” The site will explore “the meaning of cemetery symbols and other graveyard oddities,” and is intended for “genealogy sleuths, taphophiles and goth kids.”
Each symbol is illustrated with photographs from Colorado tombstones, including:
- Thos. R. Brownlee (1865-1908), Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder - Knights of Pythias
- Fred M. Moore (1878-1949) and Maria A. Moore (1879-1933), Littleton Cemetery, Littleton - Eastern Star
- George Traut (1883-1965) and Mary Traut (1883-1951), Littleton Cemetery, Littleton - IHS
- Alfred Packer, Co. F, 16 U.S. Inf., Littleton Cemetery, Littleton - marble Civil War marker
- C. H. McCormick, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver - Elks
- Sam’l A. Bonesteel (1842-1902), Fairmount Cemetery, Denver - Knights Templar
- Frederick Dearborn Wight (1837-1911), Fairmount Cemetery, Denver - Monogram
In addition, there are photographs of angels (here and here), as well as the symbols used by Odd Fellows, Shriners, and Freemasons.