12/29/2009

Tombstone Tuesday: Slovak Gravestones

A friend of mine sent me a link to a new web site on Czech gravestones.  This person's first web site was devoted to Newfoundland, Canada gravestones, so I'm guessing if I'm the Slovak Yankee, he's the Czech Canadian.  

This did get me to thinking about Slovak gravestones.  I would like to do that someday--walk around the cemeteries of the four villages from which my Slovak ancestors came and snap some photos.  Until then, you should know that although very U.S.-centric, FindaGrave is international, and has 57 Slovak gravestones, including one for Alexander Dubcek.

Dec 29, 2009 6:53:43 PM | Gravestones, Slovak

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