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GYR carnival: Favorite

GYR carnival: Favorite

The Graveyard Rabbits Carnival is back, and this month’s assignment is: What is your favorite cemetery photograph. One where you are the photographer. Show us the photo! The blog post announcing the carnival states that “we’re making it easy on...
Tombstone Tuesday: Van Kampen

Tombstone Tuesday: Van Kampen

I shared many graves from the Bosdrift cemetery in Hilversum on this blog. Today’s grave is special, at least to me: Twice I helped carry a coffin to this grave, in 1997 and in 2007. Buried here are two people that I have known well: My grandparents, Hendrik van...
Tombstone Tuesday: Schallenberg

Tombstone Tuesday: Schallenberg

The tomb of Catharina Elisabeth Sophia Schallenberg, spouse of (echtgenoote van) J.H.E. d’Arnaud, born in Amsterdam on 9 January 1863, died in Hilversum on 18 May 1924. The d’Arnaud-Schallenberg marriage is listed on the Dutch BMD site Genlias: Johannes...