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See what we have in our Research Center!
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TIME TO WRITE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
"Don't put off today what you should have done
yesterday"
TRY EACH DAY TO PUT ON PAPER FAMILY
REMEMBRANCES
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ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR JULY 2008
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How many times have you entered a cemetery, only
finding yourself making a direct line to the grave of a
lost loved one without taking time to notice the ladies,
gentlemen and children that passed a century before?
Gravestones and markers have a myriad of meanings
and are symbolic of both comfort and grief. The tree
stump, as an example, is often used to symbolize a
life cut short and may even represent a “family tree”.
The number of branches may indicate the number of
children of the deceased and at the end of the branch;
the child’s name may even be inscribed. This pictorial
presentation will explore Victorian civilian tombstone
carvings from the 1850’s to the 1860’s.
Kay Cogswell has been involved in Civil War
costuming activities since 1974. She is an active
member of the North-South Skirmish Association’s
(N-SSA) Costume Committee and served for two
terms as Chair of the N-SSA Costume Committee. In
addition to being an award winning seamstress of
civil war reproduction gowns, she is an avid
researcher of original civil war costumes. She is a
collector of hair jewelry and possesses an extensive
collection of several hundred pieces. Pieces include
rings, charms, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, and
watch chains. In 2006, Kay organized and judged the
civilian costume competition for the 145th
Reenactment of the Battle of Bull Run which was held
at Cedar Creek Battlefield in Middletown, VA.
Kay holds a Bachelors degree in Management from
George Mason University and has been employed by
Northrop Grumman Corporation for over 39 years
as a Human Resources Manager. Kay’s tombstone
research project is the result of two years of
wandering twenty-six different cemeteries in six
states photographing the iconography on
tombstones. She concentrated on civilian tombstones
from the 1850’s through the 1870.
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See & Hear "An
Anatomy of a Civil
War Pension File"!!
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Federation of Genealogical
Societies
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** Speaker **
Kay Cogswell
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