Often well-meaning people clean or “restore” old gravestones in ways that actually damage them or hasten their deterioration by using the wr...

Group in the unmarked cemetery. On Thursday Dale and I met with three archaeologists from Memorial University, and three residents of Ba...

Photo by Kelly Drover. Today's folklore photo comes from the General Protestant Cemetery which is located between Waterford Bridge R...

Yesterday was Orangeman's Day in Newfoundland and Labrador, one of the curious provincial holidays that some people get off work, an...

One of our former board members, Doug Wells, was inspired by the podcast we did last week with archaeologist Robyn Lacy ( listen to that int...

Guest blog post by Celeste Billung-Meyer a Folklore student working with the Heritage Foundation this summer: Last Saturday (July 16 th , 2...

Measuring the distance between graves. The Heritage Foundations of Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with Youth Heritage NL, is ...

ICH development officer and members of the Witless Bay heritage committee. Left to right: Peter, Kevin, Dale, Bonnie, Mary. This m...

Workshop participant outlining the symbols on the headstone. On Friday July 18th Lisa and I geared up and drove to Cupids for the second...

If you have two minutes to spare, please watch this video showing the artful hands of our headstone rubbing participants! This event...

If you are in Cupids this upcoming Friday, you might considering joining us for the HFNL's second annual Headstone Rubbing Workshop ! Th...

I posted a little while ago about a mystery headstone motif from Cupids, which generated some suggestions, and an article in The Tel...

I love old cemeteries, and always enjoy poking around the older sections, reading the epitaphs and admiring the artistry of the old grave ...

The Make Midterm Matter cemetery crew. On Tuesday, June 24th the HFNL teamed up with students from Memorial University’s Anthropology 1...

Does your family tree include the names Breddy, Kelson, Heytor, Miller, Sheppard, Stevenson or Swyers? Do you have roots in Trinity, Tri...

Just up the road from the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal Cove, on the side of a green hill, is the RC cemetery. It's a fairly large, ...

It's not too late to register for our Headstone Rubbing Workshop ! There are still a few spots left, and Wednesday is poised to be a lov...

IN MEMORY OF JOHN BUTT WHO DIED HAPPY IN THE LORD 11th MAY 1842 AGED 58 YEARS He was the first person buried in this cem...

Despite its fairly small size, Bell Island has at least 12 different cemeteries. Some of these are considered new, while others are histo...

As we come up to next week's Cemetery Workshop (Dec. 4th, 1-5pm), I am going to post about a cemetery visit I recently had that really m...