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Subject:	Re: IHS on tombstone.
From:	Deane <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:36:47 -0400
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It means "In His Service"...........
usually Anglican or Episcopal in origin.
Deane Mills


> Hi,
>   Can someone tell me what the letters IHS on a tombstone mean? Was it
some
> sort of an organization? In this case it is on a monument type stone.
>
>        Thank you,
>                 Beth
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