Head Stones, faceing what direction?

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William R Frank

Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av William R Frank » 05 okt 2004 04:26:49

The question I have concerns, different denominational
burial places (Cemetery/Graveyard). Do the head stones face a given
direction for a given denomination?

f/f george

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av f/f george » 05 okt 2004 06:27:51

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:26:49 -0300, "William R Frank"
<wildbill@slic.com> wrote:

The question I have concerns, different denominational
burial places (Cemetery/Graveyard). Do the head stones face a given
direction for a given denomination?

Silly me I always they were placed so you could read while standing

over the person. Or more correctly looking at the person, standing at
their feet, you would be able to read the inscription.

Bluegene

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av Bluegene » 05 okt 2004 07:03:40

Ah, yes. That would be probably true in a majority of the cases.
However, in our small community of Bayou Blue in south Louisiana, we
have a cemetery which has headstones and footstones. And some of each
face in both directions! If you weren't there for the burial, you'll
probably never know heads from feet.

Ah, well. May they rest in peace no matter which way they face.

Henry F. Brownlee
Hunting Forebears

Stephen Hayes

Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av Stephen Hayes » 05 okt 2004 09:41:26

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William R Frank wrote in a message to All:

WRF> From: "William R Frank" <wildbill@slic.com>

WRF> The question I have concerns, different denominational
WRF> burial places (Cemetery/Graveyard). Do the head stones face a
WRF> given direction for a given denomination?

Most Christian ones are oriented.

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Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av Plymouth Rock » 05 okt 2004 13:45:24

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:26:49 -0300, "William R Frank" <wildbill@slic.com> wrote:

The question I have concerns, different denominational
burial places (Cemetery/Graveyard). Do the head stones face a given
direction for a given denomination?

I haven't seen any denominational differences in colonial and early Federal
graveyards in New England. Those stones always face east.

....Rock

James A. Doemer

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 21 nov 2004 04:49:57

f/f george <george@yourplace.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:26:49 -0300, "William R Frank"
wildbill@slic.com> wrote:

The question I have concerns, different denominational
burial places (Cemetery/Graveyard). Do the head stones face a given
direction for a given denomination?

Silly me I always they were placed so you could read while standing
over the person. Or more correctly looking at the person, standing at
their feet, you would be able to read the inscription.

Originally, head stones served the purpose of the death rope... Back in
more primitive times, graves were surrounded by a length of rope. This was
so the dead person could see that they were indeed dead when they arose, and
would lie back down and leave the living be.... that was the reason the
stones were turned with the inscription toward the grave.

James A. Doemer

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 21 nov 2004 04:50:48

Bluegene <hfbrownl@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Ah, yes. That would be probably true in a majority of the cases.
However, in our small community of Bayou Blue in south Louisiana, we
have a cemetery which has headstones and footstones. And some of each
face in both directions! If you weren't there for the burial, you'll
probably never know heads from feet.

Ah, well. May they rest in peace no matter which way they face.

Henry F. Brownlee
Hunting Forebears

Aren't the footstones considerably smaller than the headstones?

Bluegene

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av Bluegene » 21 nov 2004 05:39:32

Aren't the footstones considerably smaller than the headstones?

Usually. However, some headstones in these parts are not very large,
either - of course, some are huge. It depends on the resources of the
family involved, I suppose. BTW, in looking at my previous message, I
did not mean to infer that graves had both headstones and footstones.
8>)

Henry F. Brownlee
Hunting Forebears

James A. Doemer

Re: Head Stones, faceing what direction?

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 21 nov 2004 14:04:44

Bluegene <hfbrownl@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Aren't the footstones considerably smaller than the headstones?

Usually. However, some headstones in these parts are not very large,
either - of course, some are huge. It depends on the resources of the
family involved, I suppose. BTW, in looking at my previous message, I
did not mean to infer that graves had both headstones and footstones.
8>)

Henry F. Brownlee
Hunting Forebears

Oh, I see. I thought you meant that there were stones at both ends. There
are some Catholic graveyards in my area of Michigan that have both a
headstone, and a larger stone that lays on top of the grave. They look
rather macabre as they are often shaped like a coffin.

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