Happy Holidays!

Wishing you and yours a happy holiday and best wishes for a wonderful new year!

Julie

Tombstone Tuesday - 12/16/08

Robertson Family gravestone at Elm Lawn Cemetery (Elmhurst, Illinois) Digital photo taken by Julie Tarr on 25 October 2008.

 

Julie

Tombstone Tuesday - 12/09/08

Rose M. Smith 1876--1938 Floyd B. Smith 1874--1943 Rose and Floyd are buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Elmhurst. Digital photo taken by Julie Tarr on 25 October 2008.

 Julie

Tombstone Tuesday - 12/02/08

 

Minnie
Zimmermann
Nov. 22 1904
Dec. 8 1906

Minnie is buried in Elmwood Park Cemetery in River Grove, Illinois (section 4).

I found this behind the graves of Ann and Henry Leppin, who are my great-granduncle and great-grandaunt.  It's nearly on top of Ann's headstone, which leads me to believe there is some sort of relation between Minnie and Ann.  So far, I've not been able to make the connection.

Digital photo taken by Julie Tarr, 26 October 2008.

Julie

Volunteering

Elyse at The Graveyard Rabbit of Eastern Tennessee posted an article about volunteering during the holiday season.  She lists some great ideas for doing volunteer work with a cemetery twist.

Although I am very busy these days (I'm in full research mode and am trying to put some things together to send to a family member), I will find some time to add my finds to the Find-A-Grave database.

I encourage you to read her article.

Julie

Tombstone Tuesday - 11/18/08

This is one of many benches I found on my Chicago cemetery trip back in October.

Digital photo of Luetgert Memorial Bench, taken at Elm Lawn Cemetery (Elmhurst, Illinois) on 25 October 2008 by Julie Tarr.

Julie

Articles Welcome

The Chicagoland Graveyard Rabbit covers a pretty wide area, and  I certainly can't cover everything.  So I'd like to incorporate a "guest column" feature here on the blog. 

If any other rabbits (or even non-rabbits) want to submit related articles, please send them to genblogjulie@gmail.com.

Julie