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    Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey
    A Guide

    Janice Kohl Sarapin (Author)

    9780813521114

    Paperback / softback, published 1 September 1994

    240 pages, 90 illustrations
    22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.367 kg

    Sarapin's enthusiasm is infectious: reading her entries on New Jersey's large and small cemeteries makes even a jaded old cemetery buff like myself feel the urge to jump on a plane to Newark, rent a car, and spend a week driving around with the book open on the front seat, visiting old burial grounds. A precedent-setting book!
    - Richard Meyer (Western Oregon State College, author of Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of A)

    This illustrated guidebook to New Jersey's old burial grounds is unique, not just for New Jersey, but for anywhere in America. Janice Kohl Sarapin introduces you to the history and lore of old graveyards. She shows you how to read epitaphs, how to date gravestones by style, how to restore an abandoned graveyard, and how to find out the stories of the people buried there. She describes more than 120 fascinating old burial grounds throughout the state (including the cemeteries of African-Americans, Jewish communities, and other ethnic and religious groups). She provides full directions and details about what makes each one special as well as suggestions for planning your visit and for educational activities to use with children and adults.

    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Part ONE: Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey: An Introduction
    1. Burial Grounds in New Jersey
    2. Burying the Dead
    3. Gravemarkers and Inscriptions
    4. Ghost Stories and Legends
    Part TWO: A Guide to Notable New Jersey Burial Grounds
    When You Visit an Old Burial Ground
    Northern New Jersey - 
    Hudson County
    Essex County
    Bergen County
    Morris County
    Passaic County
    Sussex County
    Warren County
    Central New Jersey - 
    Hunterdon County
    Somerset County
    Union County
    Mercer County
    Middlesex County
    Monmouth County
    Southern New Jersey - 
    Ocean County
    Burlington County
    Camden County
    Gloucester County
    Salem County
    Cumberland County
    Cape May County
    Atlantic County

    Appendix 1 
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3
    Appendix 4
    Appendix 5
    Appendix 6
    Bibliography
    Genealogical Index
    General Index
     
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