IllinoisSavingGraves: Our Motto "PreservingIllinoisGravesOne@Grave@Time!!!" Help us Help YOU! Foxie has invited you to the event 'Lincoln Days /Civil War...
The mausoleum in Harrisburg, Illinois's big historic cemetery is endangered. I plan to visit next week, and this mausoleum is now one of my top priorities: ...
I have just joined the group and am looking forward to learning more about lots of cemeteries. Although a new member of the group, I thought you might like to...
I'm new to the group as you all can see. Just a bit of info on me. I live in Southern IL near Carbondale where SIU-C is at. I have been into cemeteries most...
... Alas, I didn't make it there. I drove to Louisville KY to participate in an investigation of a haunted site with the Ghost Research Society: the Waverly...
Hello all! I'm Rick in Indianapolis. I lurk here a lot but don't post every often. I found this really unusual tombstone, and shot a few photos of it and ...
Thanks, Matt. It's simply amazing, at least to me. ... -- Patchwork's Page: www.myspace.com/patchworkstringband The Indy Kicks It on Route 66 Page: ...
Hi Matt,. . . . . .Have the Houston Book 'almost' ready for print. . . .it will be $25.00. . . .someone in your group wanted one. . .have the conch shells on...
I live in NW Wisconsin and have been fascinated by old gravestones for quite sometime, but just recently became interested in historic preservation of...
Merilee, Â I sure wish I could go with you. I live in Knox co., IL and grew up watching Laura Ingalls on the TV and would love to see the country I guess i saw...
Hi Foxie, Even though Laura Ingalls' paternal grandparents remained in NW Wis., Charles Ingalls had "itchy feet" {the way Laura put it), and they moved first...
Anybody know where Laura Ingalls baby brother is buried? I can't remember if she told or not...or if he has a headstone..that would be interesting to see... I...
All this talk about Laura Ingalls has me gigging through my stuff. I am in possession of some manuscripts of two sisters' diaries from the mid-late 1800s in...
Tracy, I thought "Little House on the Prairie" was based on true stories? I have no idea. I just grew up watching the show and reading the books. you might be...
Hey, are you related to them? will have to watch some of the reruns they have on cable channels now. also if you can could you send me a photo of one of the...
Hi again, To answer your question - No, I'm not related to the Ingalls. But we do have a local doctor who is Laura's great-grand nephew. He's an occasional...
Got a note in the mail from the Chicago Genealogical Society that this new book is available: * NEW Chicago Cemetery Records 1847-1863: sexton's reports and...
Get Published, Save a Cemetery! Do you write poetry? Are you an artist? Do you love cemeteries? Now you can combine your interests with the latest book to be...
IllinoisSavingGraves: Our Motto "PreservingIllinoisGravesOne@Grave@Time!!!" Help us Help YOU! Foxie has invited you to the event 'AIC-Workshop @Waldheim...
This Sunday is the annual Tale of the Tombstones tour at Forest Home Cemetery, 863 Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL. See the following link for details. ...
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