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Cemetery Study for New Hampshire History: Meredith Bridge

Materials Included in the Lesson

Cemetery Survey


Your Name: _________________________________________________________________

Your Partner's Name: _________________________________________________________

Cemetery: __________________________________________________________________

Section and Number of Graves Assigned: _________________________________________

Death Dates

List the date of death and the family name or top name on the gravestone.

Earliest Listed: _______________________________________

Most Recent Listed: ___________________________________

Number from the 18th Century: __________

Number from the 19th Century: __________

Number from the 20th Century: __________

Gravestone Materials
If time permits, list the number of markers made of each type of material.
If not, indicate the frequency of the materials used by marking the most frequent
as "1," the next most frequent as "2," etc.

Slate __________ Schist __________ Sandstone __________
Marble __________ Granite __________ Fieldstone __________

Carvings
List the number of markers with each major design. If other designs are prominent,
describe them in the space below.

Skulls __________ Angels __________ Urns/Willows __________
Faces __________ None __________ Other (describe) __________

Epitaphs/Inscriptions
Copy down inscriptions or epitaphs from five gravestones that you find to be
interesting or typical of gravestones from a particular period.

1. __________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


2. __________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


3. __________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


4.__________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


5. __________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________


Gravestone Data
Choose six gravestones in your area-preferably three recording deaths before 1820
and three recording deaths after 1880. Record the names, dates of birth and death,
ages at death, and inscriptions if available.

Name _________________________________

DOB

_____

DOD

_____

Age

_____

Inscription ___________________________________________________________
 
Name _________________________________

DOB

_____

DOD

_____

Age

_____

Inscription ___________________________________________________________
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name _________________________________

DOB

_____

DOD

_____

Age

_____

Inscription ___________________________________________________________
 
Name _________________________________

DOB

_____

DOD

_____

Age

_____

Inscription ___________________________________________________________

Artwork
Draw or take a photograph of at least one gravestone in your area.



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