In a used bookstore in Philadelphia, I paid eight dollars for a collection of dead people. Of course, bookstores generally do not deal in cadavers. But they do sell objects imbued with history: a ...

As Renee has such wonderful penmanship, she always signs the guest book while I gather the funeral cards. When loved ones die, visitation is so important for the family but the cards are important for ...

Funeral or prayer cards are frequently distributed at funerals as mementos of the deceased. They can also be valuable in genealogical research. (Photo by Danny Klein) When I first started researching ...

ROME (Reuters) - Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a "santino," the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on the back. Over the ...