Who was who in America


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Who's Who of American Women, 1986-1987


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Chicago Cemetery Records, 1847-1863


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In the early days of Chicago there was no specific burial site. Interments generally were made near the residence of the deceased, on a relative's property. Around 1835 the need for a public burying ground was recognized.




The American South


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"This two-volume work ... with its almost 8,900 abstracts and annotations of articles drawn from an international list of over 500 periodicals dealing with history and related disciplines published between 1974 and 1984 ... "Introduction, p. viii.




The Last Great Necessity


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The Last Great Necessity is a quite wonderful, and often surprising, portrait of American popular culture in action. As David Charles Sloane traces the history of modern cemeteries he meets all the ambivalences and coping strategies Americans have used when they have been forced by nature to confront the meanings of their lives. - From Sam Bass Warner, Jr., Boston University.




The London Burial Grounds


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History of Western Maryland


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The Fourth Church


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