tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post6752995826864103869..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Stones Without StoriesJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-56446003069489142992014-10-28T21:16:43.397-07:002014-10-28T21:16:43.397-07:00I've heard stories like that of cemeteries hav...I've heard stories like that of cemeteries having to be moved for construction--building a new highway, for instance--and the resultant "resting" place never seems adequate. My family and others have told me of the horrible jumble that resulted in a local--and rather large--cemetery from the Long Island Expressway being built. I know the same has happened here, near where I live now. It's as if those in charge seem to think it doesn't matter what resultant piles are left behind. There are many, however, who see things differently.<br /><br />While your outlook is realistic, Iggy, it's still a shame these projects aren't undertaken with a little more administrative organization than they seem to reveal.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-52774087863638754832014-10-24T06:47:28.159-07:002014-10-24T06:47:28.159-07:00Funny I was just thinking about gravestones - many...Funny I was just thinking about gravestones - many of the ones in my family are missing - the remains were moved from an inner city to a suburban cemetery and many of the stones destroyed. And I consoled myself with the thought that, even in the best of stone - they won't last forever - and being readable after say, 400 years is an accomplishment for a grave marker - so the ones we see today - no one will be able to read in 400-500 years. Nothing is permanent.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-85836915268973466192014-10-23T20:58:22.985-07:002014-10-23T20:58:22.985-07:00Far Side, when I think of some of my earliest memo...Far Side, when I think of some of my earliest memories of cemeteries--I used to walk through old cemeteries in New York as a teenager, looking for the oldest dates I could find--I can remember finding stones dating from the 1600s. And yet, in Ireland, it was hard to read some that I found from the 1800s. I had felt certain that we could have found some of our surnames among those stones, but when we realized how weathered they were, it was plain that we weren't going to find much that we were seeking.<br /><br />Sometimes it's what the stone's been through, sometimes it's what the stone itself was made of. Either way, there was very little we could find from that previous century that was clear enough to read.<br /><br />Agreed: very sad.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-4570320186324209322014-10-23T20:52:55.841-07:002014-10-23T20:52:55.841-07:00Colleen, sometimes--here in the States, at least--...Colleen, sometimes--here in the States, at least--I've been fortunate to discover books of headstone transcriptions done fifty years ago or more, that will help to tell those silenced stories. As for the cemeteries in Ireland, I just don't know enough, yet, about the resources which might provide that information. Hopefully, there are such resources. Just before our trip, I did stumble upon some local websites for other counties with crowdsourced information of that type. It may just be a matter of finding more of those resources.<br /><br />On the other hand, other than doing rubbings, there may be no way to know what those stories were...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-67404303114857257212014-10-23T17:11:26.892-07:002014-10-23T17:11:26.892-07:00Silent Stones..that is sad:(Silent Stones..that is sad:(Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-64699184362177575632014-10-23T04:48:12.922-07:002014-10-23T04:48:12.922-07:00Jacqi, you've written a very interesting post ...Jacqi, you've written a very interesting post & write about things I have thought about as well. Those stones that have fallen or are so weathered that the writing is no longer visible always make me wonder who they represent.Colleen G. Brown Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402783115333431440noreply@blogger.com