The Atlantic

Like Baseball Cards, but for Funerals

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 ...
NJ.com

Prayer, funeral cards can be helpful in genealogy search

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 ...
Reuters

'Funeral cards' helped an old Italian through lockdown, before his own was made

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 ...
National Post

'Funeral cards' helped an old Italian through lockdown, before his own was made

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. ROME — Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a “santino,” the traditional laminated card ...