Wednesday, September 17, 2008  Coffin Plates aka Casket Plaques
What are Coffin Plates? How are they useful in genealogy
research? These questions and more are answered at Ancestors At
Rest  The history of Coffin Plates or casket plates is a long
but not very well documented one. Coffin plates are decorative
adornments attached to a coffin that contain genealogical
information like the name and death date of the deceased. In
Victorian Times (and earlier) the coffin plate was removed and
presented to the family as a memento of the dearly departed.
With almost 500 coffin plates now online, is the largest
repository of these wonderful genealogical treasures. Each
coffin plate has the name of the deceased plus date of death,
and usually date of birth. Images of the plates are provided.
You can search these coffin plates for free - who knows, you
might find an ancestor or two!  1 comment:  Anonymous said...
Hi., I know they put name plates on top of the older wooden
coffins, but where did they put the plates on