From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jul 10 14:30:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6AKU5jb026694; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:30:05 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6AKU1J8000316 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:30:01 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6AHqTFI023925 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:52:29 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6AHqTLd023924 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:52:29 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6AFeHFI023634 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:40:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6AIHcga010746 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:17:38 -0600 X-Envelope-From: paperangels@gmail.com Mon Jul 10 12:17:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6AIHcjb010737 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:17:38 -0600 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6AIHZ4A014833 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:17:35 -0600 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id i75so1233351pye for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:17:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=cG8wggvwmRVBC519bKQOWlJAyxIbnqzTRr0nOwzV1Fu74VpxYlWdQkiFeaO37e2Cw5uj0zfvyqE0S33b2V8hvu1eZMrwqE/Oj0eW2RrKdvEVQ+GHLXbaFpxx/OwXBnHg9z+tQmtO+SmG/tonn++xsVQ0EEwKuQEPyCcica9to2E= Received: by 10.35.111.14 with SMTP id o14mr5314331pym; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:17:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.35.12 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:17:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:17:35 -0600 From: Joe To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Need help with Masonic marker on gggrandfather's grave. Hello Cindy, You might see if your local library has a book called "Stories in Stone - A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography" by Douglas Keister. It may not include all the specific symbols you mentioned, but it does give a pretty good overview of what many cemetery symbols mean. I mentioned the book in my blog post about a cemetery symbol I was having trouble with that turned out to be a simple monogram... http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/cemeteries-and-cemetery-symbols.html Happy searching. Regards, Joe -- Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records http://www.deathindexes.com/ Cdwalkered@aol.com wrote: > My gg grandfather died in 1900. When I visited his grave this summer, all > of the plants had been removed from the front of the stone, and there was an > iron marker 9" by 9" half buried in the ground. I need help identifying the > markings on the marker. > > The writing on the marker is as follows" Mount Olivet Commandery Zion. In > the center of the marker is a cross with a crown around it. I can't read the > Latin words, as they are worn down. The symbols on the outside of the > marker are clockwise as follows: a cross, a hand, a heart or shield with nails > through it, a dove or bird of some kind, a crossbones and skull, a zigzag that > looks like a symbol for mountains with a figure at the top, a compass with a > capital G (I'm told that is the Masonic symbol), and a snake. The cemetery > people had no information on the marker. I copied the symbols and took it to a > Mason, but he didn't know anything about the symbols. > > Also, any suggestions as to how to preserve it on the grave site? > > Thanks, > Cindy Walker > > I would appreciate any help that anyone can give to me.