Stones Of Faith - Pennsylvania Germans and their Gravestones

A genealogy, history, folk art and archeology site for PA Germans and their gravestones with German language translations.

GRAVESTONES

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GRAVESTONE SYMBOLS
Pennsylvania and American German Gravestone Guide

Cemetery Distribution Interactive Map

One of the interesting aspects of looking at gravestones in an area's gravesites is the discovery of multiple stones that appear to come from the hand of the same carver. By looking at the proximity of the gravesites where like stones appear, you get some idea of that carver's distribution area.

The following map is designed to help facilitate this discovery process for the stones in this site's orginal collection. Moving your cursor over any element of the map will give you, after a few moments, information about the area you are in. If you click on the (the gravesite icon) it will take you to the first page of the gravestones from that site. This map is not to scale, but the icons are placed at the approximate location of the gravesites in each county.

Pennslyvania Counties Map Lancaster Co. founded in 1729 Lancaster (co.seat) founded in 1730 Lebanon Co. formed from Dauphin and Lancaster in 1813 Lebanon (co.seat) org. called Steitztown, founded in 1756 Berks Co. formed from Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster in 1752 Reading (co.seat) founded in 1784 Lehigh Co. formed from Northampton Co. in 1812 Allentown, org. called Northampton, founded in 1762 Northampton Co. founded in 1752 Easton (co.seat) founded in 1752 Bucks Co. founded in 1682 Doyelstown (co.seat) founded in 1745 Montgomery Co. formed from Philadelphia Co. in 1784 Norristown (co.seat) founded in 1712 Philadelphia Cemetary, Strasburg Mennonite Cemetary, Lampeter Groff Cemetery Woodward Hill, Lancaster Reformed Church, Manheim Zion Evangelical Lutheran, Manheim Cemetery, Marietta Emanuel Lutheran, Brickersville Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata Bergstrasse Lutheran. Bergstrasse Gehmans Mennonite Church, Adamstown Muddy Creek Union, Adamstown St. John's Union Church, Fredricksburg Alleghenyville Church, Alleghenyville Christ Lutheran, Stouchsburg Altalaha Church, Rehrersburg Berks Co. Robesonia Cemetery, Robesonia Cemeteries, Reading St.John Hill Church, Boyertown Heidelberg Union, Saegersville Neff's Union, Neff Egypt United Church of Christ (formerly Reformed), Egypt Lowhill Cemetery, Weisenberg Christ Church, Lowhill Township Western Salisbury, Allentown Chestnut Hill Church, Lower Milford Township St.Paul's Lutheran Blue Church, Coopersburg St.Pauls United Church of Christ of Indianland, Cherryville Zion's Stone Church, Kreidersville Christ Lutheran, Hellertown St. Luke's (Old Williams), Williams Township West Swamp Mennonite, Millford Township St. John's (Scheetz's) Lutheran, Spinnerstown St. Luke's Lutheran, Obelisk Augustus Lutheran, Trappe

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