I have just added the Coffin Plate of Robert H Thayer 1872 ~ 1873 Robert H Thayer 1872 ~ 1873

The mystery of how a centuries-old tombstone from North Haven wound up in the basement of the former Clinton Police Department remains. But ...

Leather Man' to be exhumed from Ossining The obscurity behind a 19th-century, leather-clad wanderer who traversed Westchester County and...

Scholars have long tried to make sense out of one of the oddities of the archaeological world —bodies pulled from ignominious burials in col...

Officials have halted some excavation on the site of a planned Mexican American cultural center after complaints about the removal of skelet...

Construction workers in Poland have reportedly disturbed a mass grave of German soldiers from World War II. Polish police say human bones, s...

A mass grave dating back to the 17th century and the Siege of Derry has been unearthed under a Presbyterian Church in Londonderry. It is tho...

Think the holiday discovery of a 123-year-old tombstone in the fireplace of an Ingersoll, Ont., home was a one-of-a-kind occurrence? Not at ...

The mystery of the forlorn tombstones in Mitchell has been solved. The strange tale of the two granite markers, engraved with the names Blan...

I have just added the coffin plate for Lawrence Cotter. Lawerence was 52 years old. Lawrence Cotter

Archaeologists have unveiled the treasures of a 2,600-year-old Celtic tomb containing a wealth of art in Germany. Read More

A tombstone found by Ingersoll homeowners who were recently renovating their fireplace is that of a pioneer with connections to Brant and Ox...

Just who is really buried in the grave of Abraham Lincoln's killer? Rumors have swirled for decades that John Wilkes Booth's Baltimo...

The 11 descendant families of pioneer John Wells have great cause to celebrate. The deed to the family's cemetery is finally in their ha...

I was reading the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog and found out that Ancestry.com has a huge sale on. If you want to save on a subscription to A...

Imagine finding an old tombstone in your fireplace! It happened recently in Ontario Canada. A tombstone found by Ingersoll homeowners who ...

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the remains of a possible family of 12 Neanderthals who were killed 49,000 years ago. Markings on the...

The featured coffin plate today is for Ezra Holmes 1847~1899 View over 500 Coffin Plates at Ancestors At Rest Coffin Plate Collection

Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry. Between 1% and 4% of the Eurasian human genome seems to come from Neanderthals ac...

A 124 year-old Muslim cemetery was demolished by the Burmese military regime’s Engineers’ Corps from Pegu Division on December 16, 2010, acc...