If you have the time, take a few minutes to look through the photographs of gravestones in the Farber Gravestone Collection. I didn't find any of my ancestor's gravestones in the collection but if you have ancestors who died in New England (a few hundred more from the Carolinas and in the maritimes in Canada and a smaller number for Texas and Virginia from various time periods) in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries you might be suprised at what you find. The collection has over 9,000 photos and many of the gravestones photographed no longer exist due to weather, vandalism and neglect.
Farber Gravestone Collection
In addition to valuable genealogical information, the collection vividly highlights the beautiful handcarving done on sandstone and other materials. Symbolism abounds, and many religious themes and symbols from fraternal orders appear on the gravestones.
"Consider me as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now soon ye too will be,
So prepare ye now to follow me."
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