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The October 2012 Family
Tree Magazine podcast, hosted by Lisa Louise Cooke of Genealogy
Gems, celebrates Halloween with cemetery research tips, including:

• Advice for cracking the “tombstone code”—the symbolism in carvings and inscriptions—from
  contributing editor Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

• How to preserve the genealogy and history information cemeteries hold, and share those
  details with others, from Family Tree University instructor and Find
  A Grave volunteer Diana Crisman Smith

• Tips for visiting a cemetery (what you can do from home, what to bring and what to
  look for once you’re there) from Family
  Tree University Cemetery Research 101 course instructor Midge Frazel

• Tombstone rubbing dos and don’ts with Family Tree Magazine publisher and editorial
  director Allison Dolan

And Lisa and I chat about some recent big acquisitions in the genealogy world.

You can listen to Family Tree Magazine‘s free genealogy podcast in iTunes or on
FamilyTreeMagazine.com. Show
notes are on FamilyTreeMagazine.com, too.

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