Victorian Mourning

09/25/2024

10/29/2023

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/when-fears-of-premature-burial-stalked-the-land/

Fears of premature burial were stoked in the 19th century by ghastly tales of bloody shrouds, gnawed fingers and contorted faces. Publishers and writers, especially in Massachusetts, did their best to stoke those fears.

10/13/2023

Off topic- This is awesome! I'd love to take this trolley ride. https://www.facebook.com/MockerTV/videos/531670560924010/

06/07/2023

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mrs-sigourney-hartfords-high-priestess-of-bad-poetry/
She died in 1865.

A Hartford poet named Mrs. Sigourney was criticized mercilessly for her sappy poems. Decades later, people (like Natalie Merchant) took another look.

10/19/2022

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-vampire-autopsies

When medicine and folklore collide, strange things happen.

11/15/2021

Cemetery at dusk in West Wyoming PA.

11/04/2021

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/cemeteries/how-to-clean-and-preserve-tombstones/?trk_msg=6450AGJJ17L4LCHCB5CPCUAPE4&trk_contact=084A81ODCP8I8114H476SNIP00&trk_module=new&trk_sid=CF3TVRFSJAS9S3I0D1K81K2OM0&trk_link=GV2UTTMGUCT455S2QB6JMBURAK&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=How+to+Clean+and+Preserve+Tombstones&utm_campaign=FT+Newsletter

The better preserved tombstones are, the more information they can offer genealogists. Here’s how to safely clean and preserve gravestones, as well as enhance the writing on them.

10/27/2021

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cemeteries-across-country-reenactors-are-resurrecting-dead-180978909/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211022-daily-responsive&spMailingID=45824341&spUserID=MTE4OTc0NjgyMzM2MwS2&spJobID=2102413251&spReportId=MjEwMjQxMzI1MQS2

Gravesite readings and performances keep the stories of the dearly departed alive for a new generation

10/11/2021

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/did-vampires-really-stalk-new-england-farm-families/

In parts of New England, some country folk believed vampires stalked the living. You can still see where some vampires were buried.

10/06/2021

https://www.mimimatthews.com/2016/01/21/cat-funerals-in-the-victorian-era/

In the Victorian era, bereaved pet owners commissioned undertakers to build elaborate cat caskets, clergymen performed cat burial services, and stone masons chiseled cat names on cat headstones

09/27/2021

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-civil-warera-eagle-sculpture-was-made-out-of-abraham-lincolns-hair-180978740/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210923-daily-responsive&spMailingID=45669656&spUserID=MTE4OTc0NjgyMzM2MwS2&spJobID=2084529120&spReportId=MjA4NDUyOTEyMAS2

The unusual artifact also contains tresses from First Lady Mary Lincoln, members of the president's cabinet and senators

09/21/2021

I love this time of year and can't wait for the leaves to change.

08/22/2021

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/belfast-cemetery-virtual-tours-world

A Belfast cemetery worker is taking people from all over the world on a virtual tour of one of Northern Ireland's largest cemeteries.

08/20/2021

THE STORY OF VICTORIAN FUNERAL COOKIES-
http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews153.shtml

08/20/2021

08/20/2021