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Lydart
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That's an interesting site ... thanks !
What do people think about this:- in your opinion, have you found that ag lab ancestors from the 1800 - 1860 or so times, dont have graves that you can locate (they may just have been marked with a long gone wooden cross) but the more recent ones are findable (so I'm told ... never found any of mine !) 
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Ruskie
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Yes Stan, I do believe there was lots of colour used then.
I read on one of the sites I posted earlier, that outside the bodies were buried under the ground as usual and the tomb built above ground but I always wondered about the ones inside churches. Interesting - thanks.
Lydart - re your question. I'm in Australia - my ancestors came here in the mid 1800's. Only found a few graves and no trace of the oldest one c. 1889. I guess it would depend on quality of materials as to how long they last, even taking into account pollution etc?
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Ruskie
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Thanks for that Bob.
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Hi Ruskie,
(just in case you haven't had enough already  )
As it's a common question, I've collected some topics about gravestone markings, etc, here
Topic: RootsChat Topics: Graveyards, Gravestones, Gravestone Symbols, etc.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,203252.0.html
Enjoy,
Bob
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Lydart
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Thanks for the afternoon's reading matter Bob !
And a happy Christmas to you and yours too !
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Ruskie
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Thanks for the additional information Bob. I'm going to check that out now ... still looking for dogs at the feet!
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Lydart
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I've been googling dogs on medieval tombs ... two suggestions I've found so far suggest the dog is a symbol of:
a) fidelity in marriage ... or ...
b) the dog's role is to accompany the dead in eternity, like the angels that also sometimes appear with tomb effigies
Still Googling !
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Lydart
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This may be one of the sites Bob suggested ... keeping his until later for a good read ... but try this one ...
http://www.darktreasures.com/Graveyards/SymbolsLanguageofTombs.htm
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Ruskie
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Thats great, thanks Lydart - it's going into my favourites! And a mention of dogs!!!!!
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