Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Grave Concerns

Is that Cemetery Cymbal-ism? A walk through any graveyard will draw the eye and the imagination to the most unique monuments. Many of these memorials would have plenty to reveal about their plot’s occupant —  if only...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Driven to the Grave

  The Chevrolet Brothers – Louis, Arthur, and Gaston – were destined for greatness in automotive history but sadly, not wealth. Louis Chevrolet Unless you’re a racing enthusiast, Lois Chevrolet is probably best known to you as one of...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Fall Creek Cemetery and Ebenezer Lutheran Church

It’s a Small (After)world…* Fall Creek Cemetery, a true Indiana pioneer graveyard, can be found at approximately 4100 Millersville Road, just east of Keystone Avenue — tucked between an aging urban business district and the contrasting beauty...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Union Chapel Cemetery

The Union Chapel church and cemetery grounds 1929. Click to enlarge picture. Established 1822 Located at 8306 Union Chapel Road in the Nora area of Indianapolis, Union Chapel cemetery and its nearly 11,000 graves (some...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Mysterious Tombstones at Kessler and Keystone (Bacon Cemetery)

Bacon Cemetery – Photo by Ryan Hamlett In my many years of driving throughout Indianapolis, I feel like I can count on one hand, how many times I’ve made it through a green light on...

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Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree: Cemetery Records

Last week I mentioned that one way of discovering specific information regarding the place and date of your ancestor’s death is through cemeteries. If you know the area where your ancestor lived at the time...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Headstones

I don’t know that I’ve ever visited a cemetery that doesn’t have some faded out, fallen over or otherwise challenged headstones. It’s always a little heart-breaking when  you see someone’s final resting place standing less...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania 18 Seldom Recalled Facts about Crown Hill Cemetery

This morning, I’ll be back on WISH-tv to share some highlights of a recent tour of the Crown Hill Cemetery Waiting Station and as a companion, thought you might enjoy 18 fun facts about Crown...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Preservation Denied: Crown Hill Cemetery West Entrance

Newly constructed Crown Hill West Gate from the 1902 Hyman’s Journal Handbook of Indianapolis. While the preserved main gate and gatehouse to Crown Hill Cemetery is a well-known landmark along Boulevard Place, and was even...

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