Names in Stone: Inscriptions From FredericK County, Maryland (two Volumes, complete) by Holdcraft, Jacob Mehrling - 1985

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes. Red buckrum with gilt titles. Vol. one 648 pp, and Vol. two continued to 1303 pp, plus photos of headstones. Reprinted with "More Names in Stone" which is 68 pages and contains key to location of cemeteries..

GPC. Paperback. new. 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions From Frederick County, Maryland. Reprinted with "More Names in Stone."
Over a period of thirty-five years, Jacob Holdcraft made a diligent search of the cemeteries and family burial plots of Frederick County, Maryland, carefully recording the inscriptions found on more than 75,000 tombstones (names, dates of birth and death, names of family members, etc.). Names in Stone, the result of this immense undertaking, represents the largest body of mortuary inscriptions ever assembled in a single work. Originally published in two volumes in 1966, it is now reprinted with the sequel work, More Names in Stone (1972), which contains an additional 3,300 inscriptions.
Arranged in alphabetical order (Vol. 1, A-K; Vol. 2, K-Z), Names in Stone is not only a comprehensive and brilliantly organized collection of tombstone inscriptions, it is also a guide to the location of Frederick County cemeteries; and every entry, every name, is keyed to a precise burial ground… Read More

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