The Graveyard Squirrel

The Graveyard Squirrel Among the Tombstones with Tee as THE DEAD SLEUTH. A Seeker of the Elusive Dead and Wanderer of Unquiet Graveyards. Ancestral Hawkshaw. Sleuthing YORK and Beyond.

Research Fiend and Genealogist for Hire. Church Crawler. Have you ever heard the one about how there are only two things that are certain to us? The first one being that we are all subject to some form of taxation and the second is that one day we WILL all die. As a genealogical researcher my time is usually spent grappling with the mystery of death. And if I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or researching another life long lost to history – I will be poring over the details on a newly discovered and often indecipherable certificate of death or trawling through the parish records in search of a burial entry. Being able to locate the final resting place of those from my research endeavours has always been an important task and an unsuccessful search is disappointing as the final piece of the jigsaw remains missing. However, if you struggle with the thought of death – MY world is probably NOT for you! As I love nothing more than a ramble through a graveyard and have been pottering among the tombstones for as long as I can remember – join me as I share the tales and triumphs of my wanderings among the dead. The author Lailah Gifty Akita once said that – “The graveyard is an everlasting home of every man” and within most of our cemeteries there is evidence of spectacular craftsmanship, awe inspiring stonework, history, sublime words of poignancy and the occasional flashes of humour ALL just waiting to be discovered! See YOU on the other side?

Captured under an insipid winter sky and wet grass - the beautifully decorated memorial to one Gertrude Agnes Ware, her ...
12/02/2026

Captured under an insipid winter sky and wet grass - the beautifully decorated memorial to one Gertrude Agnes Ware, her youngest son Kenneth and her infant daughter Aileen Teresa.

⚰ Parish of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

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A headstone decorated with an urn draped in extravagant stone fabric tells of the fate of the teenaged Albert Cregson wh...
10/02/2026

A headstone decorated with an urn draped in extravagant stone fabric tells of the fate of the teenaged Albert Cregson who was drowned at sea in the year 1860.

⚰ Wakefield Cemetery. Sugar Lane. Wakefield. West Yorkshire. UK.

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As if in mid air and captured by The Dead Sleuth - this cloaked angel with eyes downcast adorns the monument to eight y...
05/02/2026

As if in mid air and captured by The Dead Sleuth - this cloaked angel with eyes downcast adorns the monument to eight year old Thomas Clarkson who entered into spirit in the year 1872.

⚰ Wakefield Cemetery. Sugar Lane. Wakefield. West Yorkshire. UK.

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Shielded by tangled ivy and dried ferns - a weeping angel adorns a small pale monument to one Agnes Jane Allison who ent...
03/02/2026

Shielded by tangled ivy and dried ferns - a weeping angel adorns a small pale monument to one Agnes Jane Allison who entered into spirit in the year 1871.

⚰ Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand.

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A memorial now lost to the ravages of time tells us of the heartbreaking story of infants Christopher and Henry Perkins ...
29/01/2026

A memorial now lost to the ravages of time tells us of the heartbreaking story of infants Christopher and Henry Perkins who died a day apart and were buried together one July day in the year 1810.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

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A tombstone now decorated in beautifully worn stone perched under a bright sky one winter afternoon.⚰ Parish Church of S...
27/01/2026

A tombstone now decorated in beautifully worn stone perched under a bright sky one winter afternoon.

⚰ Parish Church of St Mary. Whitby. North Yorkshire. UK.

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Shielded by imposing wrought iron bars under a blanket of palm leaves and foliage - the WHITSON family monument hides fr...
22/01/2026

Shielded by imposing wrought iron bars under a blanket of palm leaves and foliage - the WHITSON family monument hides from the curious.

⚰ Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand.

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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄 with The Dead Sleuth 🔍
24/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

with The Dead Sleuth 🔍

Monday afternoon. The view from my world. From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift an...
22/12/2025

Monday afternoon. The view from my world.

From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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Bare trees and old stones bathed in a December sun. The view from my world today. 🔍
10/12/2025

Bare trees and old stones bathed in a December sun.

The view from my world today.

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'Went the day well?We died and never knew;But well or ill, England, we died for you.' ~ John Maxwell EdmondsLest We Forg...
11/11/2025

'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.' ~ John Maxwell Edmonds

Lest We Forget 🥀

⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.

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Remember! Remember?In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing...
04/11/2025

Remember! Remember?

In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.

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